ATOS out of a job

[french frank]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26766345

Contract ended:

"Disabilities Minister Mike Penning said a new company would be appointed in early 2015, and Atos would not receive "a single penny of compensation""

[aeolium]

Welcome (and long overdue) but for ATOS it's only one job lost among many:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atos

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/aug/28/atos-3bn-government-contracts-paralympics

[french frank]

Indeed, it is only one of the strings to their bow.

Who next? Capita?

[vinteuil]

Indeed, it is only one of the strings to their bow.

Who next? Capita?

.... Capita may be wretched in other areas - but so far they have been efficient payers of my pension. :whistle:

[eighthobstruction]

Who ever gets it will probably end up employing the same assessors.....me of little faith....

IS Atos still in charge of PIPs ....another area where they are badly failing claimants.....I believe they are still in charge.....

[eighthobstruction]

BBC link to Atos....>>>>'In 2004, the BBC contracted out its former BBC Technology division to the German engineering and electronics company Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS), outsourcing its IT, telephony and broadcast technology systems.[44] When Atos Origin acquired the SIS division from Siemens in December 2010 for €850 million (£720m),[10] the BBC support contract also passed to Atos, and in July 2011, the BBC announced to staff that its technology support would become an Atos service.[45] Siemens staff working on the BBC contract were transferred to Atos and BBC technology systems (including the BBC website) are now managed by Atos. In 2011 the BBC's Chief Financial Officer Zarin Patel stated to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee that, following criticism of the BBC's management of major IT projects with Siemens (such as the Digital Media Initiative), the BBC partnership with Atos would be instrumental in achieving cost savings of around £64 million as part of the BBC's "Delivering Quality First" programme.[46] In 2012, the BBC's Chief Technology Officer, John Linwood, expressed confidence in service improvements to the BBC's technology provision brought about by Atos. He also stated that supplier accountability had been strengthened following some high-profile technology failures which had taken place during the partnership with Siemens.[47] In February 2014 the BBC announced the intention to extend its contract with Atos for a further two years as part of transitioning to new supply arrangements involving multiple suppliers. The Atos contract is now expected to run until 2017 instead of 2015 as planned at present' <<<<<< wiki

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

.... Capita may be wretched in other areas - but so far they have been efficient payers of my pension. :whistle:

They've made a complete bodge of mine. i still work for 2 days a week, but they got in into their heads that I was working for 3.6, meaning they'd pay me nothing between mid February and 5th April. After much tooing and froing, they acknowledged the error, back in November, only to forget they'd made the correction when February arrived. Their solution was to say they would pay the deficit at the end of March. After many more e-mails and phone calls, they did eventually sort things out a couple of weeks ago. GRR.....

[Barbirollians]

Outsourcing may be cheap but it generally leads to a price of everything and value of nothing service and cheapness based on underpaid staff whose conditions are shot to be bits asap after a TUPE transfer.

[teamsaint]

Outsourcing may be cheap but it generally leads to a price of everything and value of nothing service and cheapness based on underpaid staff whose conditions are shot to be bits asap after a TUPE transfer.

I would imagine that is the plan.