tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post4068251316830325554..comments2024-03-28T03:14:51.294-05:00Comments on Dad29: IBM: "We'll Make You Ex-Pats"Dad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-23010178139109277122009-02-04T09:17:00.000-06:002009-02-04T09:17:00.000-06:00Knowing Big Blue, I expect that you paid an averag...Knowing Big Blue, I expect that you paid an average of $200/hour/person for that team--and Big Blue paid them around $85.00/hour, INCLUDING housing, health/dental, mileage, etc.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-72405711518881807202009-02-04T07:08:00.000-06:002009-02-04T07:08:00.000-06:00Interesting! Back in the run-up to Y2K we needed t...Interesting! Back in the run-up to Y2K we needed to get all our mainframe software 'Y2K-compatible'. Having IBM mainframes we looked to Big Blue to provide the support needed for this.<BR/><BR/>A team of IBM-ers worked onsite for about a year on this task. All of them, without exception, came from either India or Pakistan. I know this because I dealt with their Timesheets and could never tell which name was the first name and which was the surname...!<BR/><BR/>What goes around...GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.com