Actually some of the SHELL staff is already using Vista. A lot of those in GI-NG and some in GI-D are the pilot users for Vista. I am one of them. The rollout wont be so soon, think ~2008?
Outsourcing will affect most of SHELL IT operations staff but somehow it wont affect us or any of you who plan on getting a job in SHELL. Let me explain why.
If you join SHELL as a contract staff (Third Party Contractor - TPC), then you wont have benefits. You pay will be high but you have no benefits and when you dont work, you dont get paid. Later on, when you finish your contract, your team lead will decide whether to renew your contract, let you go or absord you as permanent staff.
So from the views of contract staff, you become permanent staff - enjoying all the benefits like RM800 for optical medication (I think some of them buy Oakley's with this), unlimited medical coverage, not sure how much dental coverage, 5% off petrol, etc.
So when outsourcing comes, how does it affect us? Lets just put it real simple - IBM and HP are probably the only ones who can support SHELL worldwide operations, dont tell me they would give it to some CSA company right cause CSA is local, SHELL is worldwide.
So, when you are absorb, you become SHELL staff. You are promised a safe position in the new company that you are being outsourced to. Let's just say IBM, then you become IBM permanent staff and enjoy IBM benefits - so what the hell is so bad about outsourcing? Either way you still become some permanent staff and no, they wont fire you, retrench you in any way because SHELL protects their staff and guaranteed you are safe from firing for 24 months! How cool is that? If you get fired, you are compensated immediately, unless you sendiri commit a big dufus mistake at work la.
So why is everyone so afraid of outsourcing? It is not new people that is affect, not those who has worked there 1 year that is being affected but rather those old-timers who has been there a long time. Every few year, I think SHELL contribution to their staff EPF increases, as well as other benefits - being outsourced means not being to enjoy those benefits anymore. For example: you contribute you EPF of 11%, SHELL contribute 16% from their end. Next year, they are supposed to contribute 20% to your EPF due to your long year of service, lets say 6 years. So suddenly, next year, you are being outsourced, then you wont get that 20% EPF benefit but rather IBM's very normal 11% EPF. That leaves you somewhat dissatisfied. Something like that. Not to mention if you work there for several years and been performing very well, being outsourced means going to somewhere where you have to rebuild your career again, thus a loss of opportunity for career development - promotion.
SHELL operations are quite sensitive and our GI-D is different from what others have out there so there is NO WAY that SHELL will close any team or discard anyone. The process of being outsourced will be a long one, decisions on who gets the deal also we dont know yet. We are updated from time to time and the wait-to-sign-the-agreement-because-SHELL-usually-wont-sign-immeidately will be another time frame. Then moving the technology from SHELL-to-the-outsourcing-counterparts will possibly take another 6 - 12 months... So what's there to worry about?
By the time everything come to past, its already 2009. Trust me.
LittleWay,
You are seated in the room way in the back of 2nd Floor, Wisma 1, Left Wing - correct? Same team with Sarah, Jason but they moved because they start shift in Right Wing. Now you are with the girl got braces one and etc... Yes?
Added on April 5, 2007, 3:15 amQUOTE(babybiter @ Apr 4 2007, 12:11 PM)
i'm planning to apply for a job in shell later this yr (still got some things to take care of). hoping to look for a permanent non-helpdesk/non-support role. basically, hoping to move up to mgmt level, or something like a project mgr or infrastructure planning etc... still haven't decided yet.
what possible positions or job roles should i look out for in shell? anyone knows anyone in shell that i might approach directly to make the application more effective? (that's because MNCs prefer to hire staff-referred ppl than scan thru resumes)
as for qualifications, i'm an RHCE, has MCSE skills, but has not taken the exams. been with dell 2 yrs plus. very experienced in all their enterprise hw n sw, including EMC etc. mainly aiming to make an advance in my career to get into either mgmt or a large-scale IT infrastructure planning/consulting role.
btw, the outsourcing part is really confirmed for end of this yr? what jobs and level of staff are affected most by this?
My team people moving to DELL, you wanna come to SHELL? Lolx... I suggest you better stay there. If you are still in DELL, did your Client Engineering team just hired a new manager and was just sent to USA for training?
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which teams are ur ppl moving to in dell?
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