NU - full of Wipro, and has been for some time. The 'Wealth Management Project' - budgeted at £250,000,000, went £100,000,000 over budget. Around 2001. Canned the same year it went live.
400 servers purchased. It ended up running on two boxes at the end of our corridor - about 30 users most of whom had 'test' in their username.
We were laughed at for being 'legacy' people - they were using Java, we were VB6. Life and Pensions (our area) had to bale them out.
They then decided to 'save' about £250,000 a year by sending work abroad (and employ people on a different budget to fix it afterwards) - fiddling the books.
And, of course, awarded themselves a hefty bonus, that more than offsets any 'perceived' cost savings.
Typical British management. Has been the curse of the country for decades. Always stopping innovation or sheer hard work through politics.
There has always been plenty of talent here - the skills shortage is in people who can manage, exploit markets, recognise opportunities, and actually make decisions. Ironically, the very people El Gordo tries to eridicate, unless they were born outside the UK and need a passport or a letter from tony to get a loan to buy up another British industry.
400 servers purchased. It ended up running on two boxes at the end of our corridor - about 30 users most of whom had 'test' in their username.
We were laughed at for being 'legacy' people - they were using Java, we were VB6. Life and Pensions (our area) had to bale them out.
They then decided to 'save' about £250,000 a year by sending work abroad (and employ people on a different budget to fix it afterwards) - fiddling the books.
And, of course, awarded themselves a hefty bonus, that more than offsets any 'perceived' cost savings.
Typical British management. Has been the curse of the country for decades. Always stopping innovation or sheer hard work through politics.
There has always been plenty of talent here - the skills shortage is in people who can manage, exploit markets, recognise opportunities, and actually make decisions. Ironically, the very people El Gordo tries to eridicate, unless they were born outside the UK and need a passport or a letter from tony to get a loan to buy up another British industry.
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