Is it a mistake to put an admin assistant in...?

Agree 100%.

The boss here did the same damn thing as your boss. He hired an uneducated dimwit secretary to do the normal secretary stuff and IT/programming. We all questioned him. She had no training or experience for IT/programming. Boss' response: "She showed potential during the interview." Ok fine. What happened: She sucked. Every upgrade she did caused more and more problems. She couldn't even figure how to install the RAM memory! The boss finally stopped her from doing IT/programming. From then on the boss decided to just outsource all IT/programming issues. It's been smooth sailing ever since.

I suggest that you and your colleagues price outsourcing IT/programming with several different providers and provide that vs the cost of a permanent admin. That might be enough to stop the boss from allowing this new hire to do IT/programming.

i'm stuck interior a similar boat as you..were given my BA in agency Admin very last 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and am questioning about going to a vocational college for x-ray tech even notwithstanding I absolutely haven't any journey contained in the medical field and that i also suck at math and technology. MA in well being middle Admin sounds like a superb theory. I absolutely have a buddy who were given a BA in agency Admin and is presently getting his MA in well being Care Admin and he works section time at Kaiser as a pharmacy assistant. attempt to get a job at a well being middle doing admin paintings and get that MA.

I think your boss is putting the company in harm's way to save a few bucks. If your boss needs an IT person or programmer on occassion he should hire a service when its needed. IMO, someone without the proper education and certification has no business doing IT/programming work.

Hes the boss,,maybe he knows more about her and the needs of the company than you guys do. Just concentrate on the jobs you have and let him do his. If his decisions don't work out,,he will change them or someone will change it for him. Creates to much worry and drama to worry about all the un-necessary stuff thats going on around us. We don't always know everything that the other person does who is using the info to make there decisions based on.

He is probably doing it to save the company money. He would have to pay a good salary to and IT/programming professional. He probably wants an entry level person so he can save money.