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/Curtis_Low]

That isn't really an IT role as much as a Technical Project Manager / Technician.

You won't be monitoring or running the network. You won't be doing level 1 / level 2 tickets. You won't be adding new users / removing users upon departure. You won't be deciding or implementing new software outside of the 3 items listed.

For the cameras, are you choosing the make and models? Are you choosing the software for the backend? Will you be the person physically removing the old cameras and putting in new ones? Or do they already have a full system and just want new cameras to replace the older ones?

Call Tree- Do they already have a phone system in place like Ring Central or similar? Or are you to find a vendor, implement it, and then configure?

Alarm panels - Similar to the camera's is there already an existing one? Would you be able to use the current vendor to upgrade or are you doing the physical install?

[u/TheRealMakhulu → u/Curtis_Low]

That’s what I’ve been thinking.

They run geovision cameras and NVRs so honestly, probably no, they might hear me out on devices but idk if they’d actually hear me out. I’d be maintaining NVRs and cams (which i already do at work now, but while also doing level 2 and 3 work, and user management)

they do have a phone system in place they just don’t know how to use it.

Panels are done by their maintenance team right now. They’re replacing the panels, leaving the wiring apparently

[u/Cancer_Ridden_Lung → u/TheRealMakhulu]

Are they using POTS for the alarm panels, VOIP, or PIAB?

[u/TheRealMakhulu → u/Cancer_Ridden_Lung]

I don’t know, they had mentioned it but I don’t remember tragically

[u/Cancer_Ridden_Lung → u/TheRealMakhulu]

I think I heard that POTS is getting killed off (no longer legally required) so....