I see this too, and i think it is a shame/mistake, i'd recommend to keep such people on board, and expand their workload/responsibilities when sysadmin work is

I see this too, and i think it is a shame/mistake, i'd recommend to keep such people on board, and expand their workload/responsibilities when sysadmin work is on the low. (though when needed they should be able to dedicated their full time on sysadmin related work). I then see it happen they no longer have any knowledge about systems and their processes, just outsourcing. And often, things then go downhill quite fast in service which leads to less happy customers which leads to lower company/employee moral etc. People not knowing what computing power certain processes need or what its worth in money (over/under specced nodes), or backup processes not properly monitored or setup.