I am sure some management can probably perform some TSG tasks. Just like any tech can supervise or manage.
I have seen plenty of people in management who have been promoted to thier highest level of incompetency. I would like them to pass a Network+ certification, which has all the industry standards for wiring, subnetting, Novell, Macintosh, Unix as well as well as Microsoft. I passed it.
I would like to management, intergrate a Worldship system to a customers AS400 or Unix system, use a Yellow Jacket to perform a site survey or to determine which access point is down in a redundant area, use an infrared scope and line up the LMS heads on an EDS system, or adjust the gain on a decoder board on an OMNI, punch down a lan jack, get the data out of FDT on a tractor that just had an accident, take apart a TECH10 and clean it, reflash a Saphire, use a tone generator to find a patch down that wasnt labeled, run checkdsk and clone a drive, administratively shut down a port on a switch when needed, check the network reports to see which IP is killing the network, get the data off an SFA Laptop when its blue screening, get the package counter pc working again in the middle of a sort, use Visio and diagram the network, setup a laserjet on the network, perform Fire Drill tests and accomplish all the items for the Assessment all in their spare time. I do all these things and more. I save the company money and ensure buisness with intergrations.
If you dont think I am worth the 50k a year, either promote me or give me a decent severance package which allows me to collect my already earned pension at 55 and I will gladly leave. Most of the management I have seen dont even know how to map a drive, export email, backup favorites, add a printer, or even burn a cd.
This company pays article 22 people 50K a year to QC clerks, Coustomer Counter clerks and to hub and feeder specialists. When did us few Techs become so hated by upper management? The only way you will get management to do these things is to promote the techs into management.