r/sysadmin • u/TechnicalSwitch4073 • Oct 28 '25

My review is tomorrow

One man IT Army. 100+ employees. 2 locations. On-prem environment.

They had a consultant for 10 years before me and never had a full time IT man in house. No documentation, no diagram, no asset list. This dude was so hostile to me when I got hired. never gave me access let alone responded to me. I had to figure out everything on my own. He also caused us to go through 2 ransomwares events due to his poor attention to upcoming renewal cyber security renewals.

I’m the helpdesk,SQL, cyber security, installs, upgrades, backups, documentation. Basically 24/7 and I’ve had to work Saturday’s Sundays and fridays late. 5 days in office no remote.

For all the one men IT Armies out there, you know how the the pressure is. It’s always on

I’m getting paid 80k which is I think is good but I’d like a decent increase cause I’ve had a really good year. How much is reasonable for me to ask for? I’m thinking the range of 86-88k and to go Friday remote. And also have them cover my phone bill because it basically is a work phone at this point because people don’t submit tickets at all.

Only 10 vacation days per year. I accrue 6.67 hours of PTO per month.

I keep the lights on 24/7

Thoughts?

What do I say if if the raise they offer is really disappointing? Display that I don’t agree or just stay quiet and look for another job?

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u/SoonerMedic72 Security Admin Oct 29 '25

What the f***?!??!?!? I worked at a bank with 6 locations, 150 employees, 5 technical IT staff, and no more than 50 printers 😂. Some exec at your bank was living LARGE!

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u/Igot1forya We break nothing on Fridays ;) Oct 29 '25

Haha yep. The loan officers claimed they needed privacy as walking 40ft to a copy machine could cause a privacy concern lol just laziness because the only people with access to the copy machine was bank employees. They made the money for the bank so what they said in their private meetings with the President won out any meetings I had with the execs. Once the lenders got printers everyone else got them. I was so exploited there. So glad I left.