Reply to: Xansa

[bobhope]

I worked at one place where I did a handover of the project to them. Granted their rate was 25% cheaper per person than my charge rate. Only thing was, I handed over to 3 people for what I had been doing alone.

[DimPrawn]

I would have though Hindi would be a better bet.

[3ill]

Our Xansa consultants were OK, but yes we did have to train them up ourselves. And they came out of a different bit of the client's budget so I didn't have to worry about my project getting ripped off. I suppose I'll have to learn French as well as Urdu now.

Why would you have to learn Urdu?

[Clifton]

They used to be OK when they were FI but then things went down hill rapidly - a bit like their share price!

[thunderlizard]

Our Xansa consultants were OK, but yes we did have to train them up ourselves. And they came out of a different bit of the client's budget so I didn't have to worry about my project getting ripped off. I suppose I'll have to learn French as well as Urdu now.

[TheFaQQer]

Come on, Xansa can't be as bad as all that.

Oh they are - and then some!

Tried to recruit me as a permie this year, so at least I had the pleasure of laughing at them face to face.

[wendigo100]

Come on, Xansa can't be as bad as all that.

[TheFaQQer]

Xansa have made a lot of Indian IT staff on intra-company visas very happy and a lot of in house IT staff very unemployed.

My first contract was with Xansa - never again. They brought in two Indian "consultants" on the grounds that one of them had "Forms" on his CV and the other one had "Oracle" on hers. The combination of "Oracle Forms" didn't quite filter through as a requirement!

[Moscow Mule]

Is this the same lot as do banking consultancy? If so, I'm reminded of a joke we adapted for them...



Two Xansa consultants walked into a building.


You would have thought one of them would have seen it!

[King Cnvt]

Xansa have made a lot of Indian IT staff on intra-company visas very happy and a lot of in house IT staff very unemployed.

[Cowboy Bob]

I was told by a certain contract reviewing company well known and respected in these parts that Xansa are the only agency that refuses to deal with them. At all. They don't even return phone calls.

Worst. Agency. Ever.

I'd sooner go S3.

[XLMonkey]

Shut it down, along with the rest of the company, with any luck.

They're worse than S3, IMHO.

Couldn't agree more - the contract terms are a joke, the rates are worse than a joke and they seem to have completely lost the original point of the company (making good use of skilled part-time workers, mostly women with childcare responsibilities). The only downside is that its Steria that's killed them off - a bit like Tweedledum shooting Tweedledee.

[TheFaQQer]

I see Xansa are being 'acquired' by the french company Steria, I wonder what they will do with Xansa Recruitment.....

Shut it down, along with the rest of the company, with any luck.

They're worse than S3, IMHO.

[oraclesmith]

Their shares shot up today. Up over 20% from start of trading.

[Churchill]

I remember the days when Xansa were "Feminist International Group"