From TechRepublic:
- Waste energy (means electricity rather than walking up and down stairs too much)
- Spend too much on mobile technology
- Don't allow employees to work from home (saves money on office/parking space and heating/air conditioning. Employees save money on clothes, lunches, and transport; and they often enjoy work more, so they end up putting in extra hours that raise productivity.) company)
- Use consultants when the job could be done by staff
- Hire full-time employees when contractors would be more cost effective
- Make unnecessary upgrades
- Fail to upgrade old, inefficient equipment
- Overspend on hardware [Buying new hardware can save money, but not if you buy too much. Some companies are still not making best use of virtualization to cut capital and operating spending.]
- Waste money on travel expenses.
- Don't use the training budget effectively
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IT Budgets - how to waste money and get fired - TechRepublic
Jason Hiner is the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as an IT Manager in the health care industry.
Also with thanks to Tatyana Kanzaveli - http://twitter.com/glfceo - which is where I first saw the post.
