Porsche pulled a blinder there!

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Churchill replied

4 March 2008, 10:37
Originally posted by Diver View Post

Because we Engineers are the Elite, of course.

I concur.

Churchill - In "IET" mode!
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Diver replied

4 March 2008, 09:31
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Psychotic East European "care" workers.
HTH

Ah! you have one too
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sasguru replied

4 March 2008, 09:28
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

so who wipes your ar*e then?

Psychotic East European "care" workers.
HTH
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Diver replied

4 March 2008, 09:01
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

so who wipes your ar*e then?

Oh yeh!

The downtrodden underlings, I forgot about them
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DodgyAgent replied

4 March 2008, 08:56
Originally posted by Diver View Post

Not really, I went back to uni and did my HND computing

so who wipes your ar*e then?
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Diver replied

4 March 2008, 08:52
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

You still need us though

Not really, I went back to uni and did my HND computing
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DodgyAgent replied

4 March 2008, 08:50
Originally posted by Diver View Post

Because we Engineers are the Elite, of course.

You still need us though
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Diver replied

4 March 2008, 08:49
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

And it is a big problem, because Engineers are highly sought after not just for engineering jobs but also by banks, retailers and just about everyone else.

Unlike IT graduates.. I wonder why

Because we Engineers are the Elite, of course.
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DodgyAgent replied

4 March 2008, 08:47
Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post

That's right. I forget the statistics but EC(UK) (used to be the Engineering Council) published a document last year about many things to do with Engineers employment. I was stunned to see the statistics relating to the number of Engineers in very senior positions in FTSE 100 companies. There were far more Engineers in the most senior positions than accountants. I was very surprised.

And it is a big problem, because Engineers are highly sought after not just for engineering jobs but also by banks, retailers and just about everyone else.

Unlike IT graduates.. I wonder why
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Fred Bloggs replied

4 March 2008, 08:29
I think you will find an awful lot of engineers are running banks, retail companies, engineering companes and everything else

That's right. I forget the statistics but EC(UK) (used to be the Engineering Council) published a document last year about many things to do with Engineers employment. I was stunned to see the statistics relating to the number of Engineers in very senior positions in FTSE 100 companies. There were far more Engineers in the most senior positions than accountants. I was very surprised.
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DodgyAgent replied

4 March 2008, 08:03
Originally posted by threaded View Post

Anyone see that one coming yesterday: VW moves to 60+% of Scania (and it already has 50+% of MAN) then a short while later Porsche makes move to go to 50+% of VW.

That Ferdinand Piëch is one scarily clever guy, what a blinder.

Another thought that struck me is when was the last time you heard of an Engineer running a blue chip in the UK?

Gavin Patterson head of BT retail mech engineer
Joe Garner head of HSBC retail mech engineer

I think you will find an awful lot of engineers are running banks, retail companies, engineering companes and everything else
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threaded started a topic Porsche pulled a blinder there!

4 March 2008, 07:22
Porsche pulled a blinder there!

Anyone see that one coming yesterday: VW moves to 60+% of Scania (and it already has 50+% of MAN) then a short while later Porsche makes move to go to 50+% of VW.

That Ferdinand Piëch is one scarily clever guy, what a blinder.

Another thought that struck me is when was the last time you heard of an Engineer running a blue chip in the UK?
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