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Story: BT attacked over UK IT skills claims

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As someone currently managing It projects within BT and who was recently given the hobsons choice of get rid of and existing highly skilled team working on leading edge IT and replace with an offshore team or close the project down (irrespective of the large customer base the project was supported) I can tell you the one and only reason that BT is outsourcing is because Al Noors cost saving objectives require it to happen. Quality of service appears to be irrelevant. Lack of skills is a joke. I know of 3 people wanting to join BT who have skills we struggle to get even form the offshore organisation s but BT won't employ them because it would compromise their head count objectives. The inside rumour is that the stakes he personally has in offshore IT organisations will no doubt benefit from this policy and with further feather his nest before he gets the golden boot. The IT capability within BT is being systematically torn apart and steadily disabled by the misguided twin objectives of offshore cost cutting and migration to external ICT projects - but hey who are we to argue with CIO of the year !!!

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