What r/ITManagers keeps coming back to
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37 recurring problems · 74 threads read · read since September 2026 · Reddit
Raised more than once here
Most people first.
- 33How to handle unexpected software subscription price hikes and slow support“Our Proofpoint renewal quote came in about 20% up and I am struggling to sign it. The number alone I could live with but the platform has felt frozen for two years while the price keeps climbing.”
- 24Why do IT jobs require impossible skill sets?“I manage IT for a retail business with multiple stores and brands. It’s me, one junior technician and external vendors.”
- 23How to find a cheaper CRM when HubSpot gets too expensive“I’m looking for something much better than Office, and much cheaper than Adobe. I’d like for it to automatically build and update an index. I would strongly prefer if all the data stayed local (confidential or sensitive information).”
- 21Vendor tech support takes months to respond to tickets“we had similar thing where they kept escalating storage alerts for backup drive that was literally supposed to be at 100% because it's the backup target. took them three weeks and four different techs before someone with brain looked at it”
- 19Doing higher-level work without a pay raise“I am an IT director, 46, male. My pay doesn’t seem to fit what I do and I am afraid to jump ship due to my age.”
- 15Why do employers ghost you after a job interview?“I keep making it to the final round for senior IT leadership roles, but I’m not getting the offer. What am I doing wrong?”
- 15Why can't I find a job after being laid off at 50+“I’m now submitting my ***1,200th application*** on a journey I started over a year ago due to being laid off with the entire IT and Security departments and subsequently being stuck at a dead-end job.”
- 12Why do I feel like a fake in my new management role?“I have never been in a management position unless you count high school newspaper editor lol.”
- 10Why is this community full of sales pitches and spam?“The vendor spam was getting out of hand”
- 10How to handle HR and finance without any specialist support“Im gonna be taking over as an first time IT-Manager with a team of 4, potentially growing to 6. Nobody above me. Last guy did go by himself about 2 months ago. Any advice?”
- 9Why can't you pay rent on an entry-level IT salary?“For the last few years, we’ve had a revolving door when it comes to support technicians. My hands are tied as far as the salary I can offer but basically it’s below 20/hr.”
- 9Why are cloud bills so unexpectedly high?“We started out on AWS like most teams, and for a long time we stayed there mainly because of the GPU contracts and all the lock-ins. Honestly, it felt almost impossible to move workloads out of that ecosystem.”
- 8Why do coworkers always bypass their supervisors to come straight to me?“this industry has conditioned long term folks that everything is urgent, and everything needs to be solved right this second or the company fails.”
- 7Why do I procrastinate on hard tasks and do easy work instead?“As the problems get more complex, the dopamine hit for solving problems gets harder to achieve and after a while you question your skills, which I'm pretty sure is where Imposter Syndrome kicks in.”
- 7How do I know if my salary is fair?“Just wondering what everyone thinks if I should ask for more money with all the work I am putting in.”
- 6How to track business vendor contracts buried in email“A calendar isn't enough. The 20-30 back and forths or more for extra complicated renewals, and which ones are prorated, and which is staggered agreements, with split licensing. I'm exhausted keeping track of this. The worst part of the job is the money part.”
- 6When your family treats household chores like an IT help desk“Wife submitted a ticket about the dishwasher not working properly. Suffice it to say, after much swearing, I couldn't fix it. Her comment on the ticket was "technician was surly and incompetent. Would not recommend or use again."”
- 5How do I deal with non-technical managers and constant interruptions?“Everything has changed - now you have managers in charge who want to maximize keyboard time to satisfy KPIs created by idiots who don’t have the first clue about IT, or you have pushovers as managers who just do what upper management tells them to.”
- 4How do I enforce a company policy I disagree with?“My company is forcing me to install an invasive PC monitoring system (Time Doctor) without employees knowledge. I do not support this toxicity but I'm not in a position to quit- what do I do?”
- 4How to manage remote IT infrastructure without a dedicated team“I need to tackle solving as many of these problems at once with basically no team presence.”
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