Jane Eyre was a forceful and resource character who, when beginning life at the wrong end of the gender and class relations of 19th century England, did the best with what she had and prevailed.
While this practice is more often than not followed to simplify workflow rather than born of malice, it raises serious questions about the accountability of individual members of IT when something in fact does go wrong, e.g. poor decision-making that results in resource downtime.