Salient snippets from a BBC news article:
An ex contractor at BT's Global Services Unit, said IT contractors laid off recently by BT, were told workers brought from India to the UK cost less.
He claimed the overseas workers working in the UK, received about half the rate for the job he was paid.
The contractor said he received £400 a day while the Indian staff would receive £220.
"We're looking at about 35,000 IT professionals coming into the UK frankly in a market that is not short of IT professionals in the incumbent workforce,".
(Her) comments were disputed by Keith Sharp, marketing director of NASSCOM, the body which represents companies such as Tech Mahindra.
"These are not permanent UK jobs. Where we have permanent UK jobs, our preference is to fill those with UK nationals," he told File on 4.
The company was looking to reduce the use of "expensive contractors".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8077579.stm
I swear that if I hear a permie use the term 'expensive contractor(s)' again I am going to stab them in the face with a biro...
An ex contractor at BT's Global Services Unit, said IT contractors laid off recently by BT, were told workers brought from India to the UK cost less.
He claimed the overseas workers working in the UK, received about half the rate for the job he was paid.
The contractor said he received £400 a day while the Indian staff would receive £220.
"We're looking at about 35,000 IT professionals coming into the UK frankly in a market that is not short of IT professionals in the incumbent workforce,".
(Her) comments were disputed by Keith Sharp, marketing director of NASSCOM, the body which represents companies such as Tech Mahindra.
"These are not permanent UK jobs. Where we have permanent UK jobs, our preference is to fill those with UK nationals," he told File on 4.
The company was looking to reduce the use of "expensive contractors".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8077579.stm
I swear that if I hear a permie use the term 'expensive contractor(s)' again I am going to stab them in the face with a biro...
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