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Originally posted by Lance View Postbut.... this is General.... last home of the broad generalisation
Don't get me started on the French. Their English was pretty good, but almost every solution proposed was met with "c'est ne pas possible".... the only French the English PMs knew was "mais oui, c'est IS FOOKING possible"
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWait a minute.
I'm an migrant intent on entering the country illegally to rape and pillage villages up and down the land. Are you telling me I can't set about my work without the proper skill set & paperwork?
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Wait a minute.
I'm an migrant intent on entering the country illegally to rape and pillage villages up and down the land. Are you telling me I can't set about my work without the proper skill set & paperwork?
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Originally posted by Lance View PostDon't get me started on the French. Their English was pretty good, but almost every solution proposed was met with "c'est ne pas possible".... the only French the English PMs knew was "mais oui, c'est IS FOOKING possible"
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Originally posted by Lance View Postbut.... this is General.... last home of the broad generalisation
Don't get me started on the French. Their English was pretty good, but almost every solution proposed was met with "c'est ne pas possible".... the only French the English PMs knew was "mais oui, c'est IS FOOKING possible"
a decade working for the French I feel your pain!
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Originally posted by vetran View PostI did. Don't make sweeping statements if you aren't prepared to receive the same.
Originally posted by vetran View PostAnd yes I agree real skill level (sorry common language is a skill), cultural and business norms are important in projects.
Everything in writing is a good call.
I did wonder why one of the best PM's I worked with called us all when it was nearly time for us start something in live. Then a fill in guy took over while he was on holiday and about 20% of the resources fecked up and impacted my work.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostI predict at least doubling of IT related work permits and it won’t be Americans from Silicon Valley leading it.
Huge profits await your rapid post Brexit expansion.
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Originally posted by Lance View PostBrexit voter : I hate brown people I'm voting Brexit
Human : but....
Brexit voter : it's out of control immigration. All those p*kis, arabs and moslems
Human : but...
vote happens....
Brexit voter : yippee
TCS : yippee
Wipro : yippee
Human :Originally posted by Lance View Postno. I (well it was actually me, the PM on the supplier side and the PM on the customer side) decided the resource may not be as skilled as we desire based on the day rate. peanuts/monkeys etc.
Read what I wrote.
And it wasn't lack of skill that f**ked it up. It was lack of speaking English as a first language.
Apparently "are you ready to go? This needs to be done no earlier than midday so DON'T DO IT BEFORE" means "do it now".
Is judging someone's language skills in English, based on their mother country/tongue racist? If it is then I'm racist.
I did. Don't make sweeping statements if you aren't prepared to receive the same.
And yes I agree real skill level (sorry common language is a skill), cultural and business norms are important in projects.
Everything in writing is a good call.
I did wonder why one of the best PM's I worked with called us all when it was nearly time for us start something in live. Then a fill in guy took over while he was on holiday and about 20% of the resources fecked up and impacted my work.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostSo you decided on someone's skill based on their mother country - bloody racist.
Read what I wrote.
And it wasn't lack of skill that f**ked it up. It was lack of speaking English as a first language.
Apparently "are you ready to go? This needs to be done no earlier than midday so DON'T DO IT BEFORE" means "do it now".
Is judging someone's language skills in English, based on their mother country/tongue racist? If it is then I'm racist.Last edited by Lance; 25 September 2018, 12:58.
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Originally posted by Lance View PostOn a project a few years ago. We needed a SAP technical person to update an SAP interface to a different FTP server. Cap Gem quoted £150 a day for a bob.
We said : we know it's simple but we'd rather pay £1000 a day and get it right as this go-live is VERY high profile and we're already into the project to the tune of £500,000 so another £1k is neither hear nor there.
They refused. He ****ed it up.
So you decided on someone's skill based on their mother country - bloody racist.
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostInternal rate card when I contracted for a major US based IT company
Salesforce.com technical lead US based $750 per day
India based $9 per day
India based on-shored to UK $90 per day
We said : we know it's simple but we'd rather pay £1000 a day and get it right as this go-live is VERY high profile and we're already into the project to the tune of £500,000 so another £1k is neither hear nor there.
They refused. He ****ed it up.
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