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Posted in Union fears 3,000 EDS job cuts in UK
Posted Thursday 18th September 2008 14:06 GMT
Paul R
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@TeeCee

You are aware aren't you that when a company like EDS takes on a contract (any contract, not just a government one) they get a significant chunk of the current staff with it. It'd be madness to do it any other way. You can't just let 1000s of staff with business knowledge be replaced overnight by staff with none.

Thus, yes, on most government contracts there are a very significant number of ex civil servants.

It's also got absolutely nothing to do with the government shovelling cash at EDS.

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