test please delete

[norrahe]

Is it home time yet?

[Mich the Tester]

There'll be plenty of that coming back with the boys from brazil.

Well they're convinced they save money by having an office in India

[FiveTimes]

I think there will be an "unboomed" thread coming soon

[eek]

I think there will be an "unboomed" thread coming soon

What have you done to upset them and how did they deserve it....

[FiveTimes]

What have you done to upset them and how did they deserve it....

I've done nowt to upset them. There seems to be a shortage of cash and budget and looming redundancies for the permies.

[Mich the Tester]

I've done nowt to upset them. There seems to be a shortage of cash and budget and looming redundancies for the permies.

Ah, over here there's a new software boss man who wants to make the place leaner and bring in more agile approaches. I agree with him and I spoke with him last week; a dev and I are advising him on where there's useless bumph and bureaucracy in clientco's processes (and there is an awful lot of it). All well and good to be advising him but of course he said to us that if he's going to reorganise he'll be forced to dump contractors first.

[norrahe]

Ah, over here there's a new software boss man who wants to make the place leaner and bring in more agile approaches. I agree with him and I spoke with him last week; a dev and I are advising him on where there's useless bumph and bureaucracy in clientco's processes (and there is an awful lot of it). All well and good to be advising him but of course he said to us that if he's going to reorganise he'll be forced to dump contractors first.

At least you're working with someone who's willing to listen. Shame about the possibility of umbooming.

I'm amazed at the mess here in clientco, its all about obfuscation and people being paranoid about their jobs.

[Alias]

I'm amazed at the mess here in clientco, its all about obfuscation and people being paranoid about their jobs.

Its been like that at the last 3 places I've been at

[norrahe]

Its been like that at the last 3 places I've been at

All the projects that the team are working on could easily be handed over to BAU.

[Alias]

All the projects that the team are working on could easily be handed over to BAU.

That would be too sensible and eliminate the need for contractors