Sometimes I wonder how people get jobs in IT

[pmeswani]

Compared to India even middle class people Indians would struggle in the UK, price difference is extreme. But he could have used his connections to get a role in a company using the product. CV and real exposure to applications can be quite different.

I don't believe he got this job via a contact. And from what he told me in the first week, he got involved in implementing the product as well as configuring the product. I seriously do wonder how much of it is bullsh*t and how much of it is fact.

[DimPrawn]

Here is one of the tests I use when checking Indian workers.
Does he have good teeth?


HTH

Worked for the slave trade.

[minestrone]

I find quite a lot of them look down on the UK and are quite happy to let their feelings known about it.

Cheeky arses.

[MrMark]

It's sad really - at one time we used to get really good IT people from India. Since we've had this "outsource at full speed" method take hold in the UK, we now obviously start scraping the barrel (as well as putting our own people out of work or denying them opportunities to advance). The decent Indian IT folk are probably more cheesed off with it than we are, as it reflects badly on their reputation and probably undercuts their wages too.

[pmeswani]

It's sad really - at one time we used to get really good IT people from India. Since we've had this "outsource at full speed" method take hold in the UK, we now obviously start scraping the barrel (as well as putting our own people out of work or denying them opportunities to advance). The decent Indian IT folk are probably more cheesed off with it than we are, as it reflects badly on their reputation and probably undercuts their wages too.

There are a lot of hard working Indians who come over here to get work. My dad settled in the UK and studied in a British University. I'm one of the first generation British Indian in our family. I also have cousins in India who are intelligent and capable. It is a shame that a few have spoiled it for the many.

[ChimpMaster]

Going by that University programme a few weeks back, I should say that you're lucky he speaks English!

[alreadypacked]

There are a lot of hard working Indians who come over here to get work. My dad settled in the UK and studied in a British University. I'm one of the first generation British Indian in our family. I also have cousins in India who are intelligent and capable. It is a shame that a few have spoiled it for the many.

There is also the other side, I also know Indians who are intelligent and capable, have gone to work for large Indian companies, who have shipped them totally unprepared to some hell hole in South America or elsewhere with little or no support. They have been subject to abuse and violent crime. When they ask to go back to India, they are told to stick it out or they will never work again.

If this guy got to the UK without beening very good at his job he had help, but he will never tell you how he did it.

[Durbs]

I find quite a lot of them look down on the UK and are quite happy to let their feelings known about it.

Cheeky arses.

Yeah, general opinion about UK workers that i've heard from Indians is that we are lazy, think the world owes us a living and dont/cant do a full days work (always followed by an "except you of course").

[stek]

Yeah, general opinion about UK workers that i've heard from Indians is that we are lazy, think the world owes us a living and dont/cant do a full days work (always followed by an "except you of course").

But we don't do this;

[TopBanana]

How in the hell do people like this contractor get IT jobs?

Have you never seen Slumdog Millionaire?