I cost my IT department...

$10,000 a year.

And that’s before you count the password resets.

You didn’t break the budget. You ARE the budget.

Every click, every ticket, every “have you tried turning it off and on again?” — your IT team shows up. This is a love letter to the people who keep everything running, and a gentle reminder of exactly how much that costs.

 

 

Hardware
$1,200 Laptop, monitors, peripherals — amortized annually
Software licenses
$3,500 SaaS tools, productivity suite, role-specific apps
Cybersecurity
$960 Endpoint protection, MFA, monitoring
Help desk support
$3,000 Yes, including that ticket you submitted at 4:58 PM
Backup & comms
$960 Disaster recovery, VoIP, unified comms