Reply to: Barclays cutting IT jobs

[Purple Dalek]

People in glass houses...

Oh dear!

It is called the "serial" or "Oxford" comma.

I wouldn't expect someone who went to a comprehensive to understand all the rules for the comma. Also I wouldn't expect them to know their place either. Yet you've just been put in it.

[eliquant]

Barcap is known as 'the revolving door' in most I.T. city circles. Ask around if you don't believe me.

High IT staff turn over, very difficult place to get into in terms of the investment bank I.T. arm.

[Incognito]

Plenty of time to work on your spelling, grammar*,* and punctuation then.

People in glass houses...

[MaryPoppins]

Many of the job losses are in their Cheshire base, which I've heard is just some back office place full of tape changers.

It's the biggest Barclays site I believe?

[Purple Dalek]

Many of the job losses are in their Cheshire base, which I've heard is just some back office place full of tape changers.

Oh dear, poor milan.

[swamp]

Many of the job losses are in their Cheshire base, which I've heard is just some back office place full of tape changers.

[BlasterBates]

250 IT contractor positions is a lot , particularly when there are only a handful of contracts being offered in the City these days.

[MaryPoppins]

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - British bank Barclays Plc (BARC.L) is to cut just over 400 jobs in its UK technology departments, it said on Wednesday.

Barclays said a review of its IT operations will see about 158 permanent staff and 250 contractor positions go, mainly in Cheshire and London.

I thought that had been common knowledge for a while now, or maybe this is 'another' cull. They will all be rehired in a few months anyway surely.

[alreadypacked]

Plenty of time to work on your spelling, grammar, and punctuation then.

[Purple Dalek]

Cheers !

I think I'm on the way out was supposed to run till end of April, not to bothered though, my piggy bank is full and I could do with a 6 month lie in

Plenty of time to work on your spelling, grammar, and punctuation then.

[Bumfluff]

Only ******* work there anyway so no need to worry about extra competition from the bench.

Cheers !

I think I'm on the way out was supposed to run till end of April, not to bothered though, my piggy bank is full and I could do with a 6 month lie in

[Purple Dalek]

Hmm... oh dear.

This is just the beginning. Barcap and HSBC just canned a few 'critical' projects too. Watch those 'business critical IT programmes' fall like houses of cards. Again.

Watch them all come back with the new regulatory frameworks.

[realityhack]

Hmm... oh dear.

This is just the beginning. Barcap and HSBC just canned a few 'critical' projects too. Watch those 'business critical IT programmes' fall like houses of cards. Again.

[BrilloPad]

At a 20% higher rate.

BOOMED

[foritisme]

So why announce it on national radio..... must be serious

Must be a news story about the recession - lets fan the flames.