If IT is doing everything right then most of the time there won't be much for them to do. I'd much rather they spent most of their time waiting for incident tickets than constantly putting out fires.
I generally sleep during the day, skips the useless meetings. Then I go to the office around 8pm and crank out profit for my corporate overlords. They (mostly) understand it's better for them this way, and I meet all the expectations of office attendance and social gatherings.