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Shell plans to outsource IT jobs

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    Shell plans to outsource IT jobs

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    #2
    nominating EDS, AT&T, and T-Systems to take over the work.

    EDS must be doing something right somewhere?

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      #3
      well Shell has been having record profits in the last few years, how else they are going to top that this year?

      btw: I thought International Business Morons were doing all of Shell's work... I bet they recommended the outsourcing to cut cost !!

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        #4
        Should be quite a bit of contract work in a couple of years at Shell to sort out all the mess created by EDS et al.

        All part of the Contractor -> Permie -> Outsource -> Disaster (-> Contractor...) business lifecycle.
        Cats are evil.

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          #5
          Originally posted by swamp View Post
          Should be quite a bit of contract work in a couple of years at Shell to sort out all the mess created by EDS et al.

          All part of the Contractor -> Permie -> Outsource -> Disaster (-> Contractor...) business lifecycle.
          Yes, this is a cause for celebration. Shell have a significant amount of kit that is non-trivial i.e. give it a few months of those muppets and a few more months for the management to find out and it'll be fill yer boots time!
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #6
            Lots of jobs in ContractorCity...

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              #7
              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              Lots of jobs in ContractorCity...
              Yes, lots of virtual jobs and virtual women for you to fantasise about...

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                #8
                Originally posted by threaded View Post
                Yes, this is a cause for celebration. Shell have a significant amount of kit that is non-trivial i.e. give it a few months of those muppets and a few more months for the management to find out and it'll be fill yer boots time!
                Wot he said. C'mon.
                I am not qualified to give the above advice!

                The original point and click interface by
                Smith and Wesson.

                Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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                  #9
                  They are outsourcing to foreign IT specialists only. so most of the jobs will be coming to Britain
                  Confusion is a natural state of being

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                    #10
                    Nowt new

                    Shell have been offshoring for a few years now. Their central IT group was rebranded GITI (Group IT Infrastructure or somesuch) back in '04, and it took some wag all of 30 seconds to come up with "Give IT to India" instead....

                    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04...hores_it_jobs/

                    offshoring->outsourcing->hellinahandbasket

                    I used to be with them in the dim and distant past, but feeling much better now [facial tic]

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