[LINK] QANTAS moving IT staff to India. Any ACS response??

steve jenkin sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Fri Feb 9 17:51:59 AEDT 2007


Anyone know if the ACS has a response to QANTAS talking about moving
~350 IT jobs to India??

I saw this article and was amazed at a couple of paras.  Seems like a
predictable stuff-up wasn't avoided or the downside contained by
management - so now Australian jobs have to go.  Who'd have thunk?!

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<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21191689%5E15345%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15316,00.html>

"Oracle switch still hurting Qantas
Ben Woodhead
FEBRUARY 08, 2007

"TAKEOVER target Qantas has logged a $20 million increase in computer
and communications spending as it battles rising costs in a troubled,
$200 million enterprise software project."
....

"The carrier attributed the cost blow out in part to increased
expenditure on IT projects related to its $200 million eQ business
software replacement program." [From $239.9M to $259.1M for YE 31/12/06]

(eQ) ... "was launched in 2002 and was originally expected to save the
airline $25 million."

"Qantas is now trying to claw back computing costs by outsourcing some
of its technology services to India with Satyam Computer Services and
Tata Consultancy Services under contracts worth $US144 million over
seven years."

"Around 330 Qantas IT jobs will be shipped to India under the contracts,
which were signed in November last year."


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