Some of Our Sources
- Technology Review
- Simplebits
- Team Treehouse
- Joshua Blankenship
- Pearsonified
- Reencoded
- Wal You
- Design Modo
- Android Dissected
- Android Headlines
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
September 8, 2016 04:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1kUSDSawrhE/university-of-california-hires-india-based-it-outsourcer-lays-off-tech-workers
University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers
dcblogs writes from a report via Computerworld: The University of California is laying off a group of IT workers at its San Francisco campus as part of a plan to move work offshore. Laying off IT workers as part of a shift to offshore is somewhere between rare and unheard-of in the public sector. The layoffs will happen at the end of February, but before the final day arrives the IT employees expect to train foreign replacements from India-based IT services firm HCL. The firm is working under a university contract valued at $50 million over five years. This layoff affects 17% of UCSF's total IT staff, broken down this way: 49 IT permanent employees will lose their jobs, along with 12 contract employees and 18 vendor contractors. This number also includes 18 vacant IT positions that won't be filled, according to the university. Governments and publicly supported institutions, such as UC, have contracted with offshore outsourcers, but usually it's for new IT work or to supplement an existing project. The HCL contract with UCSF can be used by other UC campuses, which means the layoffs may expand across its 10 campuses. HCL is a top user of H-1B visa workers.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1kUSDSawrhE/university-of-california-hires-india-based-it-outsourcer-lays-off-tech-workers
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot