<p>Hello, one of my current jobs is working for a college as a student aide in the MID department. I have held this position for two years. Recently some management change has occurred and one thing that has changed is the implementation of a new policy in which many student aides are sent out to various rooms to check the functionality of computers and make sure that there are no problems. For example, for each computer in a large computer lab, we must print documents of different filetypes, go to a few prespecified websites and check that flash player is working etc. For many reasons, (not the least of which is the waste of paper) I believe this is one of the worst, mindless jobs I have ever preformed, which requires little to no skill in IT. (usually we go on jobs to fix things, handle patrons, or prepare system images) Worse, all of the computers in each room have the same ‘image’ (exactly the same files), so if there is a problem it will be exactly the same on every pc and I see no point in checking them all. </p>
<p>For some reason, this has me feeling very angry, which is not usually a feeling I get. I just wanted to come here and get some perspective and see if I am overreacting or not. Can anyone else say that there school does something like this? Does anyone think I would have a chance of presenting a successful argument to improve this process?</p>
<p>Thanks. </p>