Orange - T-Mobile UK merger..Impact on contrcat jobs..?

[Brussels Slumdog]

Long term better

Mergers and acquisitions are good news for contractors, loads of systems to be merged, it means lucrative contracts that goes on for several years!!

But yeh not good for permies.

The feedback that I have received from contractors working for
Merged or acquired companies is that all projects are put on hold until after
the merger.

Imagine that you are on a CRM project for Orange which is due to go live in 2010. The project would then be put on hold until after the merger so
your contract would then be terminated. ie LOSS OF Contracting work.
Maybe you

After the Merger there should be a GAIN of Contracting work related to the merger.
Maybe not you