So far I've only got hearsay - so not sure if it will be group wide or just in some divisions but it would appear changes are afoot!
*Awaits first hand account*
*Awaits first hand account*
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In your opinion is this good news or bad news for UK contractors?
I'd heard they were off shoring lots of roles ages ago.
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Bad - seems no renewals except partners (wipro, tata etc), possible offers of perm roles. Not had it first hand *yet*Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostComment
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LTSB have offered me a perm role everytime I contracted there so no biggie but word from insiders (perm) still there is it's now a pile of pooOriginally posted by Notascooby View Post
Other insider news ...BP are bringing their support function back onshore
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Hardly surprising. The amount of pain I had dealing with BP support was unbelievable. Prime exampleOriginally posted by Troll View PostLTSB have offered me a perm role everytime I contracted there so no biggie but word from insiders (perm) still there is it's now a pile of poo
Other insider news ...BP are bringing their support function back onshore
3 hours into go live we discovered database scripts wouldn't deploy even though they had passed deployment acceptance testing the day before. Acceptance testing had signed off as complete even though 45 scripts had failed (DBA) and users could no longer log in (windows support). How on earth you sign off as complete and valid an upgrade where the last line of the log file states upgrade failed please restore from backup I don't know.
As for why it failed it turned out database deployments had shifted deployments from Windows to Unix the week before and no one had been told.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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thought it had already happened TBHOriginally posted by Notascooby View PostPoliticians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!Comment
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It'll probably leak out into the sea before it gets there though.Originally posted by Troll View PostBP are bringing their support function back onshoreComment
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Did anything come of this then?Comment
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Yes big changes - more of the same. A BA colleague told me that the UK-contractor BAs will be replaced with 'partner' BAs.
The Solution Architects I know have been told the same. I saw an email from one 'partner' stating they didn't have my skills but were actively recruiting someone so they could cover the role anyway.
This week has seen a big influx of 'partners' in my area, all quite depressing.
Would be keen to know how they get the visas with so many UK/EU IT Graduates unemployed.
[BTW - 'partner' is the bank's term for wipro, cognizant, tcs etc.]Comment
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