Reply to: Is outsourcing the cause of RBS debacle?

[Basil Fawlty]

"three weeks into the build"

"keen to learn"

"haven't seen any problems yet"

"Manchester"

Interestingly I've been winding some of our Bobs up about how rubbish they are at the Olympics - 1 billion people and 3 medals ?? Anyway they're response was that it's frowned upon for youngsters to play sport as mum and dad think they should spend all day & night studying.

Given that it's fairly well proven that kids who do participate in sport grow up to be more well rounded individuals (premiership footballers excepted), I wonder if this goes some way to explaining why they're all cr@p at IT ?

Anyway that's enough bag of a fag packet social analysis for one day...time for a coffee...

[mos]

"three weeks into the build"

"keen to learn"

"haven't seen any problems yet"

"Manchester"

Yeap, just set the expectations right.

[ChimpMaster]

This is the first time I've worked with offshored resource but I personally haven't seen any problems yet. We are only three weeks into the build, but so far my offshore dev team has been really enthusiastic and keen to learn. Surely technology is technology whether you are sitting at a desk in Manchester or Chennai!

"three weeks into the build"

"keen to learn"

"haven't seen any problems yet"

"Manchester"

[Scoobos]

Surely the decisions made to use outsourcing need to be looked at in order to determine if outsourcing was the problem. It then has to be determined if checks were made to see if the company outsourced too were competent to provide the required services. If not then those who cleared the way for outsourcing need to be investigated to see why they made that decision so basically in the end it comes back around to the company possibly making a bad business decision.

WHS , problem is we need regulatory bodies and that's a naughty word nowadays.

[The Spartan]

And me, in other countries I always send my moolah back home.

I remember the fun we had waiting for exchange rate spikes to IBAN our cash home.

Same here and I tend to spend my money in the UK and then pick up my goods when I come home for a weekend

[eek]

UK businesses don't have to employ overly expensive contractors in the first place.

But not bitter, miserable alcoholics at least

Contractors are cheaper than outsourcing. The former require management while the latter involves writing cheques (and probably panicking as the outsourcing stories / disasters start appearing in the news).

[d000hg]

What and give UK businesses a competitive disadvantage because they have to employ more expensive contractors?

UK businesses don't have to employ overly expensive contractors in the first place.

Thing about bobs is that a good percentage of them are very sneeky and devious.

But not bitter, miserable alcoholics at least

[darmstadt]

Surely the decisions made to use outsourcing need to be looked at in order to determine if outsourcing was the problem. It then has to be determined if checks were made to see if the company outsourced too were competent to provide the required services. If not then those who cleared the way for outsourcing need to be investigated to see why they made that decision so basically in the end it comes back around to the company possibly making a bad business decision.

[Robinho]

Well they obviously taught you Keynesian and not Austrian.

[Scoobos]

I hope I'm not - I have a degree in Economics (*cough* 15 years ago)

Damn you got me, I already forgot about "It reduces the cost to add value though." as an answer to imports cost more.

[Robinho]

Scoobus you are a twat. You are clueless economically but yet you are the one giving me jibes.

[Scoobos]

Ah gawd, don't confuse him with Balance of Payments ; he's already struggling with economics more modern than the mid 1800's.

For the "typically buy from the UK"

What exports do foreign nationals typically buy from the UK from overseas?

Its much more likely their money will go to Germany, Japan, China, USA etc - as they manufacture things that people want.

I've just seen the post above, I call troll :P

[Robinho]

A weak pound pushes up the prices of importing raw materials too.

It reduces the cost to add value though.

[Sysman]

Money doesn't leak, it weakens the pound, which boosts exports.

A weak pound pushes up the prices of importing raw materials too.

[Robinho]

You can spend the Pound Sterling abroad. It has long been a tradition of immigrants from third world countries to send money back home.

If you want to actually buy something you'll typically have to buy it from the UK though. Which means the money comes back.