A City Outsources Everything. Sky Doesn’t Fall.



AllBizNiz said:
I laugh every time I drive buy a group of city workers just sitting there in a circle watching 1 dude do all the work. There's also nothing like going into a government office and getting treated like a pile of shit.

There's been countless times I have walked into a government office and they make you feel like you're bothering them. If these people were held to the same standards as workers in the private sector they would have all been fired a long time ago.
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I'm glad to see that this kind of behaviour is not only here ;)
 
emp said:
LOL - Waiting for this to fail.

Why? I have worked at a multinational bank that was caught in outsourcing with their pants down.

IN effect:

Programming - Outsourced to India, mostly
Consulting - Outsourced across the board, project management (that is where I was)
Software Architecture (IBM)
.. etc...

Everything was bloody roses UNTIL everyone decides they want more pay.

IBM - 30%
Indian contractors 10% more every year

Because they know you stand there naked.

This is a fucking trainwreck waiting to happen.

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There is a small city near me that does something similar to this city. Their contracted police department recently wanted a pay increase. Instead of giving them the raise, they asked 4 other nearby departments and the county sheriff department to submit bids and ended up switching to the county sheriff for half price.
 
Netphase said:
There is a small city near me that does something similar to this city. Their contracted police department recently wanted a pay increase. Instead of giving them the raise, they asked 4 other nearby departments and the county sheriff department to submit bids and ended up switching to the county sheriff for half price.
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Exactly. The entire point of this method is economic competition. I really don't understand the ONOES presented in emps post. The Indian outsources are jacking prices on you? Switch to Filipinos.
 
I trip out when everybody thinks outsourcing to the local sheriffs department is the answer to law enforcement...

Here in Los Angeles they don't ask for money they just start closing down prisons (because they operate those too) and start releasing prisoners early to save money for their pensions. Sheriff deputies out here make about $100k a year after overtime and then you still have to pony up free healthcare and fat pensions for them and their families till they die...

Still not enough competition in this field if you ask me...
 
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