BT cutting contractor rates now....

[chris79]

The contractor rate cuts are forecast to save BT £9million this year.....

Maybe in staff costs, but will probably cost them 18million due to corner cutting, staff morale, less service capability, and a drop in customer satisfaction. They probably just got rid of the 'core' capability of their service through the loss of highly skilled contractors.

If it was all so simple every company would just kill off staff willy nilly.

[Green Mango]

BT did similar stunts after the tech boom ended and ended bring more of their Indian IT contractors to save money. It's another nail in the coffin of UK based IT staff at BT.

[Sausage Surprise]

BT did similar stunts after the tech boom ended and ended bring more of their Indian IT contractors to save money. It's another nail in the coffin of UK based IT staff at BT.

30 of us (proper contractors) were hired in 2007 because they couldn't do the job. We are now down to the last 4 but they still insist on pushing work to the sub continent. Testing has now become their lowest of the low priorities - the end product will be tulip and the customer will not pay..... the bean counters are not interested and are only looking at short term "wins".