State of the Market

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It might have become more widespread since open source tools began appearing so people could learn it at home but decent automated testers (which admittedly is not all of them) should be prized. By doing this they are offering no encouragement for people to stay doing it or start doing it.

Business and Industry is really doing their best to make sure the IT industry isn't sustainable in this country.

IR35 gave the contractor market to large, mostly offshore consultancies. I think I'm on my last contract and will be going perm soon. Need to catch the last of the AI wave before it crashes.

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IR35 gave the contractor market to large, mostly offshore consultancies.

I agree - thats what it really became about. Sunaks wife owned a share of Infosys. As PM he gave out huge numbers of Tier 2 visas. Infosys for £100 million in govt IT contracts. We got stuffed.

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Just saw this crazy headline, i'm guessing the number being so large this refers mostly to non IT managers, but could include IT management roles as well.

Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon can cut 13,834 managers and save roughly $3 billion next year.

• CEO Andy Jassy wants to lower the ratio of managers to individual contributors.

The estimate assumes 7% of Amazon's workforce is in management positions. As of the end of the second quarter of 2024, Amazon had approximately 105,770 total managers globally from 1.5 million employees.


https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/tech...ey/ar-AA1rFmkJ

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Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon can cut 13,834 managers and save roughly $3 billion next year.