As an IT contractor is see nothing wrong with "£11,600 every time a technician is called out"

Fair days work, for a fair days pay.

Edited for poor spelling, that will be another £11,600 please.

[Edited by AliWrx - 6/5/2002 4:46:20 PM]

 

This is the level of wastage happening throughout the country at the moment in government departments. Just think how much more there will be if President Tony took over at Buckingham Palace...


"The cost of a new computer project for the probation service is contributing to a cash crisis.

The National Probation Service's new deal with computer firm Integris sees a charge of £11,600 every time a technician is called out on a Sunday.

On weekday evenings between 6pm and 10pm the charge is £2,661, while on Saturdays the cost per visit is £8,704.

It also costs £12,000 to move a computer from one office to another."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_600946.html

 

Just think how many 3 and half ton Gold carriages you could get for that !

 

My Mum used to work for Bucks and Oxon probation service - that computer system still hasn't been fully implemented, and apparently is prone to crashing on a regular basis - and its not even a complicated program or o/s, just a Windows based (says it all) application!!

What a waste of money!!

 

Flog a couple of the ole biddy's houses or gold carriages and bobs your uncle - loadsa cash !!

A public burning of one of the royals - now that'd be a money maker !!!

 

That's nothing, they should have given the project to EDS if they really wanted to see it f***ed up.

 

Why of course Queen cost too much. Thats why they have Napster because the album is way too expensive.

 

Governments wating money.....

Millenium dome
Asylum seekers
Prescotts jags
M4 bus lanes
Aids research ( 10 times that spent on cancer)
Bureacracy in health service and police
Lord Irvines wallpaper
Junket Jacks office
and on and on....

At least we get VFM from the Queen.

Chip.

 

Millenium dome
Asylum seekers
Prescotts jags
M4 bus lanes
Aids research ( 10 times that spent on cancer)
police
Lord Irvines wallpaper
Junket Jacks office
and on and on...


I've fixed that list for you.



[Edited by Katana - 6/5/2002 4:13:52 PM]

 

£11,600 ???

that should cover the cost of fuel to get the scooby driving techie into the office then !

 

Ah yeah I forgot the police. But I did think of the others in about 14 seconds so not too bad.Could think up a load more though.In fact could prob fill a long thread with items.

Chip.

 

Kinhell

Someone needs locking up for that, never mind probation

 

A Crown Court near me has just spent £8,000 on a flat screen TV to tell the public (that's you lot) what's going on in each individual courtroom. They used to have an usher do that amongst other things.

Also, it has just implemented a new computer system that we barristers sign onto when we're in court. Of course, a pen and paper is far too expensive, so I can see that using a £2,000 flat screen PC for JUST THAT and NOTHING ELSE, would be a cost saving exercise.

The Home Office are having a state of the art new building which will cost £6m. That's around 250 new PC's on the beat.

There is SO much wastage. Has this government done anything right?

M.

 

Any idea how much money they waste in Kosova?

 

There is approximately £150 million currently being wasted in Northern Ireland on the Bloody Sunday enquiry! Purely another concession to terrorists.

ps Before any other NI folk start, i'm not condoning/condemning what happened on that day but where is the sense on wasting the price of a couple of hospitals merely to make barristers rich! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]