They’re Blaming The Indians

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Amazingly, the 5 rupees a day wage failed to attract qualified candidates.

It is normal to find that a software update has caused a problem; IT staff expect to back out in such cases. But in the process of backing out a major blunder was committed, according to our source. It was this error which made the task of restoring services so prolonged:

When they did the back-out, a major error was made. An inexperienced person cleared the whole queue…they erased all the scheduling.

Ouch.

Job adverts show that at least some of the team responsible for the blunder were recruited earlier this year in India following IT job cuts at RBS in the UK.

 

But like a true banker:

The CEO of RBS Group, Stephen Hester, has said that there is no evidence that the problem is connected to lack of investment in technology at RBS and the outsourcing of IT jobs to India.

‘Inexperienced’ RBS Tech Operative’s Blunder Led To Banking Meltdown (The Register)

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