UK to lead recovery from recession says Oracle - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

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TheFaQQer replied

15 October 2009, 09:28
I got on the approved list in June 2006.

That said, my former manager might have had me removed since then
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DS23 replied

15 October 2009, 09:20
i've got promises of work. it's a matter of wheedling them out.
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DS23 replied

15 October 2009, 09:19
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TheFaQQer replied

15 October 2009, 09:17
Originally posted by DS23 View Post

no - i mean i'm working on getting it.

I've been on it for three years now.

Total days billed through Oracle - 0.
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DS23 replied

15 October 2009, 09:13
no - i mean i'm working on getting it.
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DS23 replied

15 October 2009, 09:13
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

It's all just a matter of getting on their approved contractors list.

Paid retainer and then daily rate.

i'm working on it...
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TheFaQQer replied

15 October 2009, 08:50
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

WHS.

Oracle in Reading use mostly Indian IT workers on ICT's. We're talking thousands of them.

worldwide.

Oracle Bangalore is internally known as SSI - Solution Services, India.

It's cheaper to on-shore them than get UK staff to do the job. If it's off-shored, then they hit the usual problems.
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DimPrawn replied

15 October 2009, 08:42
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

Fat chance, they are bringing ict bods by the boatloads here
Have met quite a lot of them

WHS.

Oracle in Reading use mostly Indian IT workers on ICT's. We're talking thousands of them.
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Andy2 replied

15 October 2009, 08:40
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Lets hope you will recruit lots of contractors then.

Fat chance, they are bringing ict bods by the boatloads here
Have met quite a lot of them
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TheFaQQer replied

15 October 2009, 08:31
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Lets hope you will recruit lots of contractors then.

It's all just a matter of getting on their approved contractors list.

Paid retainer and then daily rate.
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fckvwls replied

15 October 2009, 07:50
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Larry Ellison is obviously ill-informed, or he'd know that the UK deficit is five times the USA and Europe economies.

Didn't see Larry in that article anywhere
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BrilloPad replied

15 October 2009, 07:48
Lets hope you will recruit lots of contractors then.
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Doggy Styles replied

14 October 2009, 21:42
Larry Ellison is obviously ill-informed, or he'd know that the UK deficit is five times the USA and Europe economies.
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TheFaQQer replied

14 October 2009, 17:28
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

WHS. Larry Ellison = psychotic meglomaniac

Who seems to be doing reasonably well for himself...
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darmstadt replied

14 October 2009, 17:25
Originally posted by Rantor View Post

Aggh. I'm been starting to think of Oracle as the Lehman Brothers of IT.

WHS. Larry Ellison = psychotic meglomaniac
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