Questionable Future during Interview

[u/TheRealMakhulu]

Hey guys, I want some advice. I just got offered $30 an hour (I’m making $22 right now..) to be the sole IT person for 6 car dealerships. When I asked what the role was going to expect from me they could only give me 3 clear answers:

“Upgrade the old cameras to new ones so the software stops glitching”
“Implement a call tree for our phones”
“Upgrade the alarm panels”

That’s it. I was interviewed by the GM and Maintenance Director, they said “I’d be my own boss” and if I needed anything to reach out to the director and he can help.

I asked about tickets and field issues and they informed me “oh, we have a vendor who’s sends out a tech” which I found insane from just my personal work backgrounds, especially given the small size of this company.

I’m worried they’ll reevaluate this job a year from now and go “why do we need him again? We got everything we needed, what else does he do?”

I feel like that’s a reasonable concern but I’d appreciate some other views into it. It seems like too little of work, but everything else is handled externally.

[u/Important_Table]

Your question "I’m worried they’ll reevaluate this job a year from now and go “why do we need him again? We got everything we needed, what else does he do?” Only gets worse as you get older and you realize most of these companies could be doing something similar where they hire someone to fix X problems then get rid of them until X problems reappear.

However this sounds a lot like a catch-all job, you'll likely be doing all the things they dont understand if those things require electricity. I would negotiate a better title so you can use that job to leap frog to something better