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Originally Posted by Escapee
I wouldn't agree and take BT's side for one moment on this issue.
However, trying to recruit good people as technicians, test engineers and development engineers for hardware is a very difficult task in this country.
My present company is conducting around six interviews a week for test technicians/engineers, the candidates are pretty dire. I have not been involved in the latest interviews, but apparently the only guy any good last week was 63 years old.
Nothing against his age, but its not a long term fix for a company going places. They have started an apprentice scheme, and taken on a few promising young technicians, but its something the company has only been able to do since expanding.
The situation does not look good for companies on the up, but does for good engineers seeking work.
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However, a) the situation probably isn't any better in the places that companies like BT outsource to and b) the experience of people who encounter the results of such outsourcing tends to support this - the outsourcees are no better than comparable insourcees (boy, am I coining 'em tonight!) and are often worse.