Reply to: Fess up... who was is?

[vetran]

Aye, had an interview at a bank a long time ago who waxed lyrical about the big bang approach because it focused everyone.

I did then hear a rumour some years later of him receiving the bin bag treatment at another bank. I've no doubt he left a trail of destruction.

I always suggest we aim for the month before we have to send notice to cancel the contract without penalties, that way we only waste next years licensing if we overrun. Its enough you get the resources but not enough to break the business.

[BlasterBates]

Its not unusual, they suits are desperate to switch the old system off to save licence fees and get their bonus.

Aye, had an interview at a bank a long time ago who waxed lyrical about the big bang approach because it focused everyone.

I did then hear a rumour some years later of him receiving the bin bag treatment at another bank. I've no doubt he left a trail of destruction.

[vetran]

The systems should always have been run in parallel at least for several months with a phased migration and the old system shouldn't have been decommissioned until it was clear that everything was running perfectly on the new platform.

However this obviously wasn't the case, what a bunch of plonkers.

Its not unusual, they suits are desperate to switch the old system off to save licence fees and get their bonus.

[BlasterBates]

The systems should always have been run in parallel at least for several months with a phased migration and the old system shouldn't have been decommissioned until it was clear that everything was running perfectly on the new platform.

However this obviously wasn't the case, what a bunch of plonkers.

[vetran]

She left a token £1 in each account, she's not that heartless.

from NLyUK I hear that isn't the first time you got a "pounding"

[DimPrawn]

not if your ex wife has cleaned you out!

She left a token £1 in each account, she's not that heartless.

[vetran]

That might be a struggle for the average contractor.

not if your ex wife has cleaned you out!

[AtW]

No one from TSB customers expected the Spanish Inquisition...

[vetran]

Interestingly enough when Santander changed one of my accounts from Girobank to their systems mine and everyone else's was as smooth as a whistle , so my experience the Spanish banks are more than competent its just this particular bank.

Having had an account with TSB before and they were hard work.

[DimPrawn]

yep.

Make sure you have less than 80K in each.

That might be a struggle for the average contractor.

[vetran]

Always have more than one personal bank account with a different bank. If they feck up you have another account you can use to feed yourself and do other basic things.

yep.

Make sure you have less than 80K in each.

[SueEllen]

I assume anyone with a brain is going to switch bank accounts once (if) they can...

Always have more than one personal bank account with a different bank. If they feck up you have another account you can use to feed yourself and do other basic things.

[DimPrawn]

Maybe it's time they upgraded from XP.

[greenlake]

Apparently the error messages are all in Spanish

[DimPrawn]

I assume anyone with a brain is going to switch bank accounts once (if) they can...