It's all our fault!

[zara_backdog]

UK firms feel they are paying through the nose for IT contractors and it is hindering their own staff development, according to research released by integrator Morse.

Think I may just add a comment to the article!

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[Churchill]

However a large number of respondents – 71 per cent – reported that they found it difficult to hire people with the right skills and experience. IT departments are also finding it difficult to transform the skills sets of their staff, as they don’t have the time or capacity to provide them with training, with 72 per cent of respondents believing a skills shortage was holding back their IT department and preventing it from taking on projects which would improve the company’s bottom line.

Hmmmmm, who the f**k is this morse outfit anyway?

Churchill - In "off to do some research" mode!

[Churchill]

Morse plc operates as an advisory and execution professional services company that provides business and information technology (IT) consulting and delivery services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company’s services include management, applications, and infrastructure consulting. Its management consulting services include advisory services on business strategy, operational strategy, technology strategy, sourcing, and transaction services for change management, implementation, and remediation. The company offers these services primarily in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, France, Luxembourg, South Africa, Australia, and Singapore. Its applications consulting services include consulting for management, IT transformation, and enterprise-wide systems integration in support of technologies, such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft; global support services for a 24x7 managed service, business process optimization, and offshore delivery and support; enterprise content management for solution implementation in support of technologies, such as Stellent, Vignette, Autonomy, and Wisdom; and IT placement services for contractor staff. The company offers these services primarily in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the United States. Its infrastructure consulting services comprise technology and integration solutions to clients, as well as providing technology and mission critical technology environments. The company offers these services primarily in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Ireland. Morse plc markets its services to the financial services, media and communications, commercial, and the public sectors. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Brentford, the United Kingdom.

Hmmm, sounds like their "survey" was nothing more than a marketing exercise given their background.

Pinch of salt, anyone?

[minestrone]

I have worked on a site through morse, bunch of tits.

[NotAllThere]

UK firms feel they are paying through the nose for IT contractors and it is hindering their own staff development, according to research released by integrator Morse.

Think I may just add a comment to the article!

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I'd only have one comment.

[Clownio]

I have worked on a site through morse, bunch of tits.

Cant have he's been dead a couple of years

HTH

[PM-Junkie]

Cant have he's been dead a couple of years

HTH

Hehehehehe...very sharp

I've had a couple of run-ins with Morse as well, and Minestrone is absolutely right.

[Churchill]

Cant have he's been dead a couple of years

HTH

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[BrilloPad]

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Dare I translate that?

[minestrone]

There was a group of us in a place and I they pissed the client off, we got stuck in the middle and left to take the ill feeling. Mainly the client's fault but Morse could have handled it far better. They convinced the client to take on a group of developers when they knew there was no work so we ended siting about doing nowt. I think they sacrificed a long term relationship for short term gains. I was told to monitor log files for a few weeks, just ended up not doing it.