"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 09:13:15 on Thu, 9 Jun 2016,
tim... remarked:
And if you do things like lay off 100 agency IT contractors, who does
that work? Presumably it's too difficult to recruit permanent
replacements, even

if - and we don't know this.

that's a category exempt from the hiring freeze.

at a saving of 20K each presumably they aren't going to be laid off, but
(presumably) presented with "employment" contracts.

Why wouldn't they decide to work for someone else who *is* prepared to pay
the extra? (Or they have philosophical objections to being an employee).

well they might

But the point is the saving isn't going to made by having 100 fewer of them.

it's going to be made by changing the contractual terms upon which they do
employ that requirement of 100 people

and yes, we all know that the new 100 people may not be as good as the
previous 100 people

whether they can find them or not depends upon what they do

I am personally struggling with why TfL needs 100 IT people, given that the
ticketing system is contracted out to Cubic and many back office services
(payroll etc) will be likewise.

you don't need 100 people to maintain their website, do they?

tim