Reply to: Considering becoming a contractor

[northernladuk]

Serco are hardly unheard of. They manage loads of security stuff as well as several other areas and you see Serco logos on vans quite often as well as (I think) some speed cameras.

Bearing in mind Serco is all over the news this week as they are to be investigated for fraud and there are calls to ban them from applying for Govt contracts I wouldn't say they are unknown at this moment in time

[d000hg]

See it's not unheard of. You need to create some sockies so when the tulip gets real you've got some backup.

Serco are hardly unheard of. They manage loads of security stuff as well as several other areas and you see Serco logos on vans quite often as well as (I think) some speed cameras.

[BigTime]

I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...

Me too.

See it's not unheard of. You need to create some sockies so when the tulip gets real you've got some backup.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Don't forget to stay on good terms with your employer and in touch, so that when the offshore people stuff it up you are ready to swoop in as a consultant.

Me too.

That is sooooooo likely to happen.

Amazing how many places are now willing to pay the big bucks cos they want things don't correctly in the first place. The guys that are outsourcing will no doubt have it come back and bite them in the ass.

[d000hg]

Build a good LinkedIn profile. Link with your old colleagues, bosses, suppliers, clients. Let them all know what you are looking for, what you can offer and what your timescales are. See if there is flexibility in your end date with your current job and save your leave days to facilitate a quick bunk.

Don't forget to stay on good terms with your employer and in touch, so that when the offshore people stuff it up you are ready to swoop in as a consultant.

I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...

Me too.

[darmstadt]

Serco

I worked (permie) for them, once. I believe they have quite a few IT people at the ECB...

[BigTime]

Sounds like you work at Thales - that's the only place I have ever worked at that absolutely nobody (including recruiters) has ever heard of.

Serco

[SueEllen]

Contractor/Ex-Contractors aside.

Graduate recruitment at my uni.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I've heard of them.

Contractor/Ex-Contractors aside.

[SueEllen]

Sounds like you work at Thales - that's the only place I have ever worked at that absolutely nobody (including recruiters) has ever heard of.

I've heard of them.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

If I don't remain in-post until the end of September, I forfeit my redundancy package which is definitely not something I want to do. Being honest though, once I get out of here I'm going to do my very best to avoid any further dealings with the largest company nobody's ever heard of!

Sounds like you work at Thales - that's the only place I have ever worked at that absolutely nobody (including recruiters) has ever heard of.

[eek]

When the going gets tough, the tough take the afternoon off sick

As it happens I'm giving appraisals today

So what are you doing on your afternoon "off"...

[SueEllen]

If I don't remain in-post until the end of September, I forfeit my redundancy package which is definitely not something I want to do. Being honest though, once I get out of here I'm going to do my very best to avoid any further dealings with the largest company nobody's ever heard of!

I don't know some of us here may have contracted for them.................

Anyway do you like gladiators?

[SueEllen]

Did the title of this are of the forums not give you a clue what it is like? Saying that if you had read the list of forum areas you might have posted your question in the right area to start with.

Spoil sport -

[ianbhenderson73]

stay in your job till sept 2016 when outsourced BI staff can atually take it over, or go this september come back October as a contractor and fix the issues

If I don't remain in-post until the end of September, I forfeit my redundancy package which is definitely not something I want to do. Being honest though, once I get out of here I'm going to do my very best to avoid any further dealings with the largest company nobody's ever heard of!