On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < [email protected]> wrote:
> Tom Brennan wrote: > > > The word "resource" hadn't been used for a person yet, and managers ran > projects themselves and knew who was best for each particular task. What a > strange world it was. > > True. I see outsourcing as: 'Let other companies do my work which is NOT > my core business or which is cheaper to let others do it'. > > So, cleaning of buildings, gardening, sewer unblocking, guards, catering, > etc. are usually outsourced here in sunny South Africa. > > I know of a bank, which has folded many years later, which outsourced all > its IT to an outside company. ALL of it, mainframe, network, PC, printing, > staff managing those equipment, etc. were transferred to that company. [1] > > That despite their IT is part of *core business*. > Go figure. > That scenario is _exactly_ what the company that I work for wants. As I understand it, they only want people as employees who are "company specific". This would be people like high level managers, actuaries, end user application designers and programmers (some of whom are consultants). Other workers, like maintenance, IT "infrastructure", new customer & claims "keyers" are to be supplied by other companies. They also don't want to own any real estate, just rent office space. But they don't seem to be able to find a buyer for the building we're in. So they have outsourced building management. Basically they want only "resources" with relate _directly_ to the product we sell (insurance), not any "supporting role" resources. I guess like they buy electricity and sewer as a commodity. IT, et al., are just commodities. I can see their point. I guess. > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > [1] - I know it, because I found out that grimy slimy truth during job > hunting in 1990 around... > > -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
