Reply to: OK, who was it...

[Alf W]

Published: 7 January 2005 17:00 GMT

Tesco is set to move over 400 IT roles to India by the end of 2005 after officially opening its own service centre in Bangalore this week.

The offshore facility is captive - meaning it is fully owned and managed by Tesco rather than outsourced - and will handle software development and back-office financial business processes.

silicon.com revealed details of Tesco's offshoring plans back in July last year when the supermarket said a total of 420 UK jobs would be moved to India, with 90 IT jobs affected.

At the official opening of the centre Philip Clarke, Tesco's director for international operations, told Indian newspapers that 770 staff will be hired in Bangalore by the end of the year, with over 400 IT positions being "transitioned over".

Tesco would not rule out job losses as a result of the move but said all those in the UK affected would be offered alternative roles within the company.

Tesco is the UK's biggest supermarket chain and operates over 2,300 stores across 13 countries, employing more than 330,000 staff.

I wonder what 'alternative roles' they offered the IT bods they offed?

[CheeseSlice]

Thats what you get if you use windows servers and sql server databases
It would not have happened with oracle and linux os.

Don't they already?

[DaveB]

Depends.

Were you rubbing yourself when you were thinking of this person?

If yes, then it's not Sock Puppet!

HTH.

Unless I was rubbing myself *with* a sockpuppet

[Clippy]

Doesnt Sock Puppet work in the retail / supply chain sector? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Depends.

Were you rubbing yourself when you were thinking of this person?

If yes, then it's not Sock Puppet!

HTH.

[DiscoStu]

Thats what you get if you use windows servers and sql server databases
It would not have happened with oracle and linux os.

Actually, having some knowledge of what actually happened, it would have

[Andy2]

Thats what you get if you use windows servers and sql server databases
It would not have happened with oracle and linux os.

[DaveB]

Used to work in that sector, I think he has moved on now.... and IIRC thats who he worked for.....

I think we have our suspect then. Left them a little leaving prezzie on his departure by the sound of it

[thunderlizard]

Wilmsloooow!

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...eep-music.html

[cailin maith]

Doesnt Sock Puppet work in the retail / supply chain sector? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Used to work in that sector, I think he has moved on now.... and IIRC thats who he worked for.....

[DaveB]

Doesnt Sock Puppet work in the retail / supply chain sector? Or am I thinking of someone else?

[voodooflux]

Nope... it was already crazy!!

Just checking

[cailin maith]

Were they going crazy before you got there, and it did it all kick off after you arrived?

Nope... it was already crazy!!

[voodooflux]

I was in tesco this morning and the tills were going crazy...

Were they going crazy before you got there, and it did it all kick off after you arrived?

[Zippy]

I was in tesco this morning and the tills were going crazy - only the self serve ones would take cash and all the operated ones would only take cards.... bizarre! The staff were looking pretty harassed!

Heavy, the machines are taking over .....

I think I'd be using cash at the moment until all the tills have been 'rebooted'

[Troll]

I think it may be one of Bob's bloopers - plenty cheapness

If this is not still the case someone please let me know


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