Good people, good work environment - Systems Administrator New York Internet Employee Review

Working at NYI you'll get lots of exposure to many different technologies. It is a laid back atmosphere with lots of project work available, as well the usual stream of client tickets. The FreeBSD community has a strong presence there, and it shows in both NYI's and the client systems. The coworkers and work environment are extraordinarily friendly and welcoming. HR has also overhauled the insurance/benefits system recently, and it is really great now. There are big plans for expanding the network infrastructure, it should be exciting times ahead.

You have to run on your own initiative to grow or you will stagnate. You have to keep learning during the slow periods to gain more responsibility.

Nothing worth mentioning really. They mostly hire immigrants who cannot find another job.If this is your first job in IT you can pick up on some of the basic knowledge but you should leave after your first year.

Pay is very low. You should expect to earn $14-16/hr. No overtime. Management and Human Resources doesn't care about their staff. You will be dealing with hardware replacement for the most part, very little exposure to system administration. Your manager will be absent 4 days out the week, and when he's there you won't hear much from him. Don't expect a decent raise. Bonuses are not worth waiting for either. HR does their best each year to pick the worst (cheapest) benefit plan. For the most part you'll be doing work similar to a janitor. You can expect to throw out trash, wipe coffee off of the floor, exterminate stink bugs, wash floors, etc. Also, during summer, their cooling system doesn't work, so they rotate people to spray water out of a hose onto their A/Cs till the temperatures cool down. Like I said, there's very little room to learn anything to do with your field. I will invite more ex coworkers to give a review as well. Thank you glassdoor for letting us share!