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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 07:25 AM Original message |
Painful lessons from IT outsourcing gone bad |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. No real surprises here for anyone |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As someone who has worked in IT |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. you summed up quite nicely why i got out a few years ago |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I'm milking this cow only long enough |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. "another city, another company" |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I've lived in 10 of the Lower Forty-Eight |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Funny the similarities |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-26-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. There comes a time when you get sick of being permanently transient |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Amen, Brother. nt |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. And the really sad thing is it's not |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well... |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. To sum up this article, when management only uses bottom-line profit |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. K & R |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. wearing flame-retardant clothing and head gear |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Cool, I'm for people working. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. the problem with your thinking, however |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Thanks for recognizing that our employees are in need, too |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not an IT story, |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. outsourcing can be truly deadly |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. again, not an IT issue but still outsourcing......... I've been in both |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-25-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm not going to defend EDS but I can tell you what I saw |
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JustAmused (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Low cost does not equal the same quality |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-26-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. a big problem is sales people promising shit they know nothing about |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-26-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No shit. n/t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. Golden words more IT managers must read |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. Awww that's so sad. Maybe they'll just have to give jobs to (horror!) Americans? n/t |
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