RBS 'Computer Glitch'

[Diver]

I have never hated old people before, but I am starting to think that if we don't get rid of the old farts and parasites at the top of our companies soon, we will be bankrupt and jobless as they swan into retirement with all the money...

<<----------15 years as I'm going to work into my dotage - All your money already belong us

[darmstadt]

I was speaking to some of the people I work with about this subject and the management of the company also had the idea of outsourcing some work to far off places. The outsourcing companies came in, did their spiel which went down quite well but when it came to the nitty gritty they decided against it. Basically their staff here would have to show the outsourcer's staff everything and how to do it and in the end decided that it would be quicker and cheaper to do it themselves. Another story concerns a major German bank who also decided to outsource it's datacenter to another company. After a couple of months it was decided that the outsourcer was not fullfilling their obligations and the contract was pulled. In the end they did it themselves cheaper. Maybe UK companies should not follow the American model, which is now proving wrong, but the European model which is proving right.

[EternalOptimist]

One thought that crossed my mind was security.
I dont means getting your card ripped off, I mean National security. How easy is it for the Indian/whomever spooks to get hold of some rather valuable information ?

[scooby]

There's an unpredictable streak to this mess...

I read a bid strategy this week for a managed service deal over 18 months with loaded costs at the front of the deal to guarantee a reduction in costs for the last quater...
This was done at the request of the finance guys... They are actively manipulating the books. They know what they are buying is wrong and not saving them money and they are still doing it...

So to the board of directors, its not financially viable it does not cut costs and will not really give them the service they need but my client still won the deal...

I have never hated old people before, but I am starting to think that if we don't get rid of the old farts and parasites at the top of our companies soon, we will be bankrupt and jobless as they swan into retirement with all the money...

Nearly every bid for this client does that too... In fact, on one bid, we're talking about advancing certain things (efficiencies...) to get it in to the first year, so the rest of the years have waaaaaaaay lower costs.

[bless 'em all]

One thought that crossed my mind was security.
I dont means getting your card ripped off, I mean National security. How easy is it for the Indian/whomever spooks to get hold of some rather valuable information ?

Piss-easy I would imagine. The information is sent overseas to a country with no/few robust data protection laws.

[mrdonuts]

this is an opportunity for UK contractors/perm

we need to get the word out to everyone about the impact of bob getting their hands on uk it

tell everybody, stop people in the street and tell them, get the word out

[EternalOptimist]

Piss-easy I would imagine. The information is sent overseas to a country with no/few robust data protection laws.

Not so quickly Mr Bond sir

[EternalOptimist]

this is an opportunity for UK contractors/perm

we need to get the word out to everyone about the impact of bob getting their hands on uk it

tell everybody, stop people in the street and tell them, get the word out

wow. just like Independance day 'Get on the wire, tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down'

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

this is an opportunity for UK contractors/perm

we need to get the word out to everyone about the impact of bob getting their hands on uk it

tell everybody, stop people in the street and tell them, get the word out

While you are at it make sure to tell them we are severely underpaid and overworked. Our work is so important the nation we should all get rate increases of at least 50%

[TimberWolf]

No. Skill and experience makes it a high priced commodity... 90% of the population will never ever get IT or technology. Even if we moved every work shy slacker off benefits and into IT there would still only be the same number of employable people with a clue about what they are doing...

We have a generation of kids that are coming up that think that computer literate means using word... We will still have the same percentage of IT guys when my son starts work (another 10 years or more)

Where did you get your 90%? You didn't say about, approximately, cite a source, you just excreted a numerical assertion from goodness knows where didn't you Tulip in other words

I'd say people on CUK are marginally more intelligent than of the average population, for the most part. So try again starting nearer 50%.