DOOM: IT Engineers have "High-Vulnerability Jobs".

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Andy2 replied

7 March 2021, 08:25
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

WTF is an "IT Engineer"?

someone who fixes the f**k ups caused by outsourcers.
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DoctorStrangelove replied

6 March 2021, 10:10
Aye, right enough.

Those documation readers were pretty reliable though.
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OwlHoot replied

5 March 2021, 18:39
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

WTF is an "IT Engineer"?

Well someone has to keep all those punch card readers working - The whole country would grind to a halt otherwise!
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AtW replied

5 March 2021, 18:01
Radiation leaks in engines are common, so pretty dangerous work if you can get it...
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vetran replied

5 March 2021, 17:56
Originally posted by mattster View Post

Was there ever any other reason? When employers bleat on about "not enough skilled workers available" the unsaid part is always "..at the price we are willing to pay.".

Agree completely, maybe our government should point that out and encourage training.
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mattster replied

5 March 2021, 17:43
Originally posted by vetran View Post

odd they are on the shortage list for immigration if their wages have fallen. Bet its so employers can try to cut wages based on this.

Agents contact me regularly and want to pay more than I am earning through the pandemic. Not seeing wages go down.

Was there ever any other reason? When employers bleat on about "not enough skilled workers available" the unsaid part is always "..at the price we are willing to pay.".
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vetran replied

5 March 2021, 17:33
odd they are on the shortage list for immigration if their wages have fallen. Bet its so employers can try to cut wages based on this.

Agents contact me regularly and want to pay more than I am earning through the pandemic. Not seeing wages go down.
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Lance replied

5 March 2021, 17:25
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

WTF is an "IT Engineer"?

Keyboard fitter. a.k.a. PsychoCandy
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Paralytic replied

5 March 2021, 17:01
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

WTF is an "IT Engineer"?

Given the reference to them not being able to work from home, I suspect its the folk who replace keyboards from users who spill coffee on them.
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ChimpMaster replied

5 March 2021, 16:40
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

WTF is an "IT Engineer"?

Someone who worked in IT in the 1980s
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SueEllen replied

5 March 2021, 16:29
WTF is an "IT Engineer"?
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Paralytic started a topic DOOM: IT Engineers have "High-Vulnerability Jobs".

5 March 2021, 16:15
DOOM: IT Engineers have "High-Vulnerability Jobs".

Bricklayers and restaurant staff are among the workers most likely to have suffered a pay cut due to the Covid pandemic, analysis suggests.

IT engineers and air travel assistants are also on the list put together by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

They are among non-key workers who are unlikely to have been able to work from home.

The ONS classed these occupations as "high-vulnerability jobs".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56296524
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