I mean it does kind of effect us, and this is a football board so think its relevant.Don’t care
Well it will do if he keeps them up at our expense.I mean it does kind of effect us, and this is a football board so think its relevant.
Just amazing how the guy keeps rinsing it. There again, it's like a lot of IT contractors I know.
Just amazing how the guy keeps rinsing it. There again, it's like a lot of IT contractors I know.
Shagged my sister's mate, took her to a hotel - along with his guitar. Asked her if she wanted his autograph afterwards.
As an IT contractor myself I agree a wide range of calibre but also wide range of hiring managers and agencies too.
Happy to qualify that. As a civil servant in IT, I'd say that if we didn't have the skills and experience of many, many of our IT contractors, then we'd be in (more) trouble. I recognise this and in fact, when I was in role as a Portfolio Test Manager I built up a team of 15 individuals, only one of whom was a permie and who I only grudgingly employed. And I have continued (until recently, another story) to bask in the reflected glories of some pretty magical IT contractors.
At the same time, I've seen plenty who have conned their way through gigs here and elsewhere, sometimes returning to my org, and getting away with long enough to have made a nice sum. Worse are the gangsters who sweep departments, bring all their mates in, destroy the careers of permies, cause chaos, and deliver jack-shit.
Of course, the average civil servant doesn't add a lot of value, but then they are in place to provide at least some level of continuity and are cheap as chips.
When I worked at Cheylesmore House that first floor was packed with contractors, must have cost a fortune.
He's not all bad thenShagged my sister's mate, took her to a hotel - along with his guitar. Asked her if she wanted his autograph afterwards.
I worked at NHS Digital recently and they employed Tech Archs but paid them 8b and 8c salary which is equivalent to SCS Grade 7 or 6 pay wise. I think the departments don't mind paying contractors as they get away with using programme money sometimes. It's utterly dysfunctional and unsustainable.Yup. My directorate probably has a headcount of 400, the majority of whom are IT contractors. Part of the problem, rife through all departments, is that hierarchy is valued as much more important than IT skills and experience. There are some IT roles, such as architects, database administrators, and developers that will only ever be filled by contractors, as the rates required to attract the required skills and experience would take you into senior manager civil service grades.
So rather than paying a DBA 60K a year (rather than the current 35-38k), we choose instead to pay an IT contractor £130-150k a year. We probably have 9 architects in our dept, all contractors, with rates ranging between 800-1k a day. One or two have been here for more than 5 years. There are still a couple of testers here that I brought in 8 years ago!
Decent out of him to offer to be fairHe's not all bad then
The only reason he did well with Wales was because he had Bale.As soon as he got injured Coleman was shown for what he is a poor managerIn fairness to Coleman, he did a great job at Wales. However, his career before and after his career highlight has been pretty mediocre - at best.
By all means, I think Coleman would be a great appointment for Sheffield Wednesday. For us.
Gary Speed set that in motion, Coleman took the glory... He's a terrible managerIn fairness to Coleman, he did a great job at Wales. However, his career before and after his career highlight has been pretty mediocre - at best.
By all means, I think Coleman would be a great appointment for Sheffield Wednesday. For us.
Gary Speed set that in motion, Coleman took the glory... He's a terrible manager
The only reason he did well with Wales was because he had Bale.As soon as he got injured Coleman was shown for what he is a poor manager
Yup. My directorate probably has a headcount of 400, the majority of whom are IT contractors. Part of the problem, rife through all departments, is that hierarchy is valued as much more important than IT skills and experience. There are some IT roles, such as architects, database administrators, and developers that will only ever be filled by contractors, as the rates required to attract the required skills and experience would take you into senior manager civil service grades.
So rather than paying a DBA 60K a year (rather than the current 35-38k), we choose instead to pay an IT contractor £130-150k a year. We probably have 9 architects in our dept, all contractors, with rates ranging between 800-1k a day. One or two have been here for more than 5 years. There are still a couple of testers here that I brought in 8 years ago!
Yup. My directorate probably has a headcount of 400, the majority of whom are IT contractors. Part of the problem, rife through all departments, is that hierarchy is valued as much more important than IT skills and experience. There are some IT roles, such as architects, database administrators, and developers that will only ever be filled by contractors, as the rates required to attract the required skills and experience would take you into senior manager civil service grades.
So rather than paying a DBA 60K a year (rather than the current 35-38k), we choose instead to pay an IT contractor £130-150k a year. We probably have 9 architects in our dept, all contractors, with rates ranging between 800-1k a day. One or two have been here for more than 5 years. There are still a couple of testers here that I brought in 8 years ago!
Shagged my sister's mate, took her to a hotel - along with his guitar. Asked her if she wanted his autograph afterwards.
He got us out joint best championship finish? Yet i see him as one of weakest managers we have had.
Weird one
Slate will always take that one!The backing and the players he had hes got to be the worst manager we’ve had since we got relegated from the premier league
Slate will always take that one!
Slate will always take that one!
He got us out joint best championship finish? Yet i see him as one of weakest managers we have had.
Weird one
But we were on a real downwards curve at that time, rock bottom. Obs, RS was terrible, as we all knew before we'd played our first game with him in charge. But Coleman had backing and pissed it up the wall without a clue. Nothing I have seen him do since has changed my opinion of him.
Thought they both got us 8th?Surely Micky Adams got us our best finish by some distance?
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