Indian Visa Scheme and IR35

[Paddy]

On a slightly different subject HMG has been banging on about net migration. However, the figures show conclusively that since Brexit, net migration figures have quadrupled. No-one has pointed out the obvious, new migrants are from distant countries are less likely to return home. EU migrants tend to return home after a few years, Brits can no longer easily emigrate to the EU. Brexit has caused this problem contrary to the rhetoric of Farage & Co.

[Dorkeaux]

It wasn't SC, but some sort of internal vetting, my bad.

The banking clients I've worked with have vetting procedures far more complex, painful but less useful than SC.
Usually seconded out to Morson or some similar company, they are without scruple and stop just short of a colonoscopy.

One kept drip-feeding demands for weeks. I finally put a stop to it when they asked to check if I was on the Scottish Paedophile register, FFS.

[northernladuk]

I finally put a stop to it when they asked to check if I was on the Scottish Paedophile register, FFS.

Something to hide huh?

[malvolio]

It wasn't SC, but some sort of internal vetting, my bad.

Might not be SC but it aims to answer the same question: are you working for or could be coerced by a third party to disclose information.

[willendure]

Because if the indian team I'm working with at the moment are typical (and past experience tells me they are) 1 UK contractor will do the work of 6 of them..

Oh god. Just had a week of "Where is API for testing? I am not understand for testing API where is data? What is for data API?" - you're supposed to create some test data that will exercise the functionality described in the story, you bunch of morons. Enough of this, how can this be what companies spend their money on and think they are getting value?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Much cheapness, plenty quickness. .

[Ketto]

Oh god. Just had a week of "Where is API for testing? I am not understand for testing API where is data? What is for data API?" - you're supposed to create some test data that will exercise the functionality described in the story, you bunch of morons. Enough of this, how can this be what companies spend their money on and think they are getting value?

Same!

Teams call on Friday asking about accessing our API for an impact assessment. I tell them it doesn’t exist yet but we’re in the process of building it and it’ll be available in June. They then ask the same question again and get the same answer. They then ask the same question a third time and get the same answer. Meeting then wraps up as they now have all of the information they need.

Then yesterday a request for a follow up meeting to understand how they can access our API.

[dsc]

Oh god. Just had a week of "Where is API for testing? I am not understand for testing API where is data? What is for data API?" - you're supposed to create some test data that will exercise the functionality described in the story, you bunch of morons. Enough of this, how can this be what companies spend their money on and think they are getting value?

If it's a big consultancy delivering workers, they might have a clause that says they will work on it until it functions as per requirements. Which basically means forever as everything they do is tulipe. But management probably sees that as work for free which must be great right? even though nothing works.

[willendure]

Same!

Teams call on Friday asking about accessing our API for an impact assessment. I tell them it doesn’t exist yet but we’re in the process of building it and it’ll be available in June. They then ask the same question again and get the same answer. They then ask the same question a third time and get the same answer. Meeting then wraps up as they now have all of the information they need.

Then yesterday a request for a follow up meeting to understand how they can access our API.

Oh yeah! You have to answer the same question 7 times!

We have one tester who is averaging about 5 or 6 incomprehensible questions a day. I just decided to ignore, its pointless even trying.

[Ketto]

Oh yeah! You have to answer the same question 7 times!

We have one tester who is averaging about 5 or 6 incomprehensible questions a day. I just decided to ignore, its pointless even trying.

I ignored multiple teams messages from this lady, then realised she was sat behind me!