tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712189.post8420913779063095..comments2023-06-28T13:13:10.615+00:00Comments on This AKTing Lark: 24 May 2010: CutsDuncMcRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11757067564266061317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712189.post-22733674551631913382010-05-25T02:50:40.143+00:002010-05-25T02:50:40.143+00:00anonymous of Baltimore agrees that The Club was th...anonymous of Baltimore agrees that The Club was the biggest waste of money he's ever seen. A feeding frenzy for IT consultancies because their client didn't even have basic comprehension of what was required to get it done.<br /><br />It was an unbelievable time and made The Emperors New Clothes look like small beer - seemingly nobody was held responsible.<br /><br />I remember one autonomy contractor boasting about how much he was billing per month ($30k) but probably the best example of all was the way my own employment on that job was handled.<br /><br />I was recruited by one agent who traded me to another agent, placed with Cap Gemini before they traded me to Logica and then finally back to Xansa.<br /><br />Each of those agents and then all three firms added a percentage to the billable total until it was way north of £2500 a day (I saw £400).<br /><br />At the last count I heard they'd blown £90M quid and it was being scrapped. Many of these firms, and the clients themselves have their snouts in the trough. Thats why I got out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712189.post-64878886455586787262010-05-24T20:44:14.742+00:002010-05-24T20:44:14.742+00:00Yes, things here are a bit muted, to say the least...Yes, things here are a bit muted, to say the least. No word yet from the high muckamucks, so it could be that things are less bad than immediately apparent (we're talking about £5m from a total £30m, so it's only this year's tranche that has been cut so far), but that's scanty hope indeed.Nick Gibbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372799838410998693noreply@blogger.com