Another way to save money...
...move from Whitehall ooop North. Probably cheaper than paying a 3rd party to outsource to a 4th party.
Jobs at the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office could be next in line to be offshored to India, the PCS union has warned, with both departments joining a £1bn shared services venture with outsourcing giant Steria. The Shared Services Connected (SSCL) joint venture, in which Steria owns a 75 per cent stake and the Cabinet …
Plus the economic knock-on effects of having a British IT worker spend their money with local British merchants, restaurants, pubs, etc. After the IT worker loses his job, only the pubs will still see him!
I'm not really anti-outsourcing, and I am happy that India's middle class is growing after centuries of relative poverty, but offshoring jobs is not victimless.
"will provide HR, payroll and other services to more than 65,000 MoJ staff."
Presumably that 65K headcount doesn't include the people who will lose their positions because of the outsourcing.
I remember conversations about how bad it is that the MoD has a near 1:1 ratio of civil servants to armed forces personnel....anyone got any idea what sort of staff:convicts ratio the MoJ have based on this headcount?
UK Gov outsourcing to India just as the outsourcing pioneers are bringing work back because of poor service, etc. in India.
Even my mobile phone provider is bringing customer services back to the UK because of complaints.
I wonder who in government is so asleep at the wheel that they really think this is gong to work?
The US Government could solve a number of problems in a single shot by out-sourcing work to Mexico and other Latin America countries. This would reduce the cost of government, incentivise people not to come to America as illegal aliens, and allow a substantial streamlining, especially if the work is contracted out to third parties. The Republicans would vote for that!
Democrats would decry the loss of union jobs, but applaud the aid to developing countries. Secretly, thay'd be happy to provide jobs to keep illegals home, too. Sounds like an all-around win.
Many functions already are.
"...according to the Times’ investigation, “American government suppliers in countries including Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Pakistan and Vietnam show a pattern of legal violations and harsh working conditions, according to audits and interviews at factories. Among them: padlocked fire exits, buildings at risk of collapse, falsified wage records and repeated hand punctures from sewing needles when workers were pushed to hurry up.”"
Another source: http://www.towardfreedom.com/35-archives/labor/2871-behind-the-profit-how-the-us-government-facilitates-outsourcing-jobs-overseas
where it will be perfectly safe! Ahem :-(
What could possibly go wrong ?
+1 to MOJ ignoring the cost to the tax payer through job losses & tax lost if it were done in the UK.
#100m over 10 years = #10m a year. Job loss: 65000 = #154/year saved for every job lost!
MoJ might gain; UK as a whole loses. Morons.