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Does the Irreplaceable IT Employee Exist?

Written By

Allan Alter

Published: Sep 6, 2007

Updated: May 12, 2021

1 minute read

Cloning should be a priority for about one in four CIOs.

We asked IT executives whether they’ve ever worked in an IT organization with an employee (a manager, a technician, another
executive) who was considered “irreplaceable”—someone without whom the IT function would be severely maimed if not entirely crippled. It turns out 27 percent have been in that situation in
their careers.

While it’s wonderful to have such a valuable employee, it’s not wise to be so vulnerable to one person’s potential departure.

Source: CIO Insight, July 2007

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Allan Alter

Content Writer

Executive EditorAllan Alter has been a specialist on information technology management, strategy and leadership for many years. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief and the director of new content development for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has been a columnist and department editor at Computerworld, where he won three awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. Previously he was a special projects editor, senior editor and senior writer for CIO magazine. Earlier, Alter was an associate editor for Mass High Tech. He has edited two books: The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Business Technologies and Redesigning the Firm.

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