Reply to: Working for Bob

[Taita]

It needs the state broadcaster to start taking the issue seriously, and start looking at it through the eyes of the decent citizens of this country and not their politically correct pro immigration wine bar set eyes.

It needs to be front and centre on the Radio 4 current affairs programmes, the evening newsnight programmes, and so on.

We also need broadcasters like LBC in london to understand the issues, and not dismiss any discussion of these issues as racist.

And the printed press...

Imaginative pay and expence structures which deprive the Treasury of direct tax income. A vast quantity of UK earnings sent abroad which deprives the Treasury of indirect income (through expenditure within the UK VAT system) and deprives the private sector of trade which would otherwise occur in the UK.

It is a disgrace. For 15 years we have been exporting the UK economy. No wonder we are broke! It is not racist it is political treachery!!!!mad

[stek]

Received a call from Infoplus, the consultant was called Bob.

He couldn't give me a location apart from London.

I recently had a Bob call me about a job in Edinburger.

[chineseJohn]

Received a call from Infoplus, the consultant was called Bob.

He couldn't give me a location apart from London.

[CoolCat]

How City IT is under attack from politicians, diesel bugs, HR ? The Register

this made me laugh but kinda missed the obvious threats from Indian outsourcing...

[stek]

nope it was 5 years to get indefinite leave, and another 2 for citizenship

yes brand new ICT visa entrants are supposedly not allowed to transition to indefinte leave but all those tens of thousands already with ICT visas can continue on their path to indefinite leave... and the new ones will probably be let in under human rights legislation - right to a family life, their children are already mid way through school, and so on, so I wouldnt bet my cotton socks on the new entrants not getting indefinte leave 5 years from now

Five for ILR, one more for BC, tho some on HSMP got ILR after four years (Gov tried to revoke that but lost).

[CoolCat]

A 'while' being six years for BC and AIUI now the ICT does not lead to BC....

nope it was 5 years to get indefinite leave, and another 2 for citizenship

yes brand new ICT visa entrants are supposedly not allowed to transition to indefinte leave but all those tens of thousands already with ICT visas can continue on their path to indefinite leave... and the new ones will probably be let in under human rights legislation - right to a family life, their children are already mid way through school, and so on, so I wouldnt bet my cotton socks on the new entrants not getting indefinte leave 5 years from now

[stek]

Very high chance it was a worker for an Indian outsourcer. The worker may have indefinite leave to remain or British Citizenship now but almost certain they originally came into the country on an intra company transfer visa and have been given indefinite leave to remain or citizenship simply for working here a while.

So technically yes a British resident maybe, but a native worker in the sense we would understand almost completely not likely.

A 'while' being six years for BC and AIUI now the ICT does not lead to BC....

[CoolCat]

Dunno, but they were at pains to repeatedly point out it was a UK-based person. If it hadn't of been, I expect the fallout from the public would have been far greater. It's only a matter of time though before it happens.

Very high chance it was a worker for an Indian outsourcer. The worker may have indefinite leave to remain or British Citizenship now but almost certain they originally came into the country on an intra company transfer visa and have been given indefinite leave to remain or citizenship simply for working here a while.

So technically yes a British resident maybe, but a native worker in the sense we would understand almost completely not likely.

[BillHicksRIP]

Dunno, but they were at pains to repeatedly point out it was a UK-based person. If it hadn't of been, I expect the fallout from the public would have been far greater. It's only a matter of time though before it happens.

[CoolCat]

The Natwest debacle was down to a UK-based person.

A UK based person who had originally entered the country on an ICT visa, and had been given indefinite leave to remain or British citizenship simply for working here a while? Or a native Brit?

[BillHicksRIP]

The Natwest debacle was down to a UK-based person.

[CoolCat]

It needs the state broadcaster to start taking the issue seriously, and start looking at it through the eyes of the decent citizens of this country and not their politically correct pro immigration wine bar set eyes.

It needs to be front and centre on the Radio 4 current affairs programmes, the evening newsnight programmes, and so on.

We also need broadcasters like LBC in london to understand the issues, and not dismiss any discussion of these issues as racist.

And the printed press...

[alluvial]

All it will take is one major cockup for a public-facing organisation that can be directly attributed to an off-shored person before there will be a tulip-storm of pulling apart ICTs and outsourcing in the press. Expect another "Buy British" campaign and companies pillioried for sending jobs overseas. With any luck, it will be a government agency that suffers a major issue.

That has already happened with the Natwest debacle last year. All gone rather quiet on that one so I don't hold out much hope.

[kevpuk]

All it will take is one major cockup for a public-facing organisation that can be directly attributed to an off-shored person before there will be a tulip-storm of pulling apart ICTs and outsourcing in the press. Expect another "Buy British" campaign and companies pillioried for sending jobs overseas. With any luck, it will be HMRC that suffers a major issue.

FTFY

[BillHicksRIP]

All it will take is one major cockup for a public-facing organisation that can be directly attributed to an off-shored person before there will be a tulip-storm of pulling apart ICTs and outsourcing in the press. Expect another "Buy British" campaign and companies pillioried for sending jobs overseas. With any luck, it will be a government agency that suffers a major issue.