Redundant AGAIN

JBod · 29 Jan 2013 at 21:27

We are hiring UI and UX specialists in Shoreditch. You'd probably find us a bit pedestrian compared to those other companies and products you listed.

Morba · 29 Jan 2013 at 21:41

Ev0 said:
Looking to move on? I had someone from your place contact me a little while ago saying they had a couple of roles, had only just moved jobs though so didn't follow it up.

Outsourced to T-Systems and now a year later being outsourced to Cognizant, any other option would be considerable right now lol

AndrewNR · 29 Jan 2013 at 21:45

Old Man said:
Any of you guys know other languages?

Surely him being a lead developer and developing games I'd imagine he knows a bit more than XHTML and CCS.

ImMrChris · 29 Jan 2013 at 22:02

yeah i know a few languages c, c++, and all the web ones etc maybe a lil rusty in some though

Old Man · 29 Jan 2013 at 22:18

ImMrChris said:
yeah i know a few languages c, c++, and all the web ones etc maybe a lil rusty in some though

My bad.

I meant other than English....

ImMrChris · 29 Jan 2013 at 22:29

hahaha nope

Old Man · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:04

ImMrChris said:
hahaha nope

Too bad.

There's work around for translators, depending of course on what exp one has and level of language (written). You would only translate to your native language and normally one would earn .03 pence per word or more depending on the type of text.

MisChief · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:15

Sorry to hear that

Maybe you should start charging everyone for all the sigs you make? 50p per sig?

ImMrChris · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:16

ha i'd be rich

Trento · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:17

ImMrChris said:
hahaha nope

Nice website.

Have you thought about using Twitter search to find people looking for designers? Ideas like that? You can use Google search and the advanced feature to select the last week or so and play around with keywords so that you find people that are looking for designers?

I looked at your Twitter as well, as a freelance web designer theres 1000's around so you need to stand out, a way you can do that is by using tools like www.tweepi.com to build your following. If it is a case of needing a big portfolio you could spend a bit of time on fiverr and upsell and then spinoff from there when you get a name for yourself?

ImMrChris · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:29

cheers

yeah it's all about networking the one thing I'm not good at

(I sit in a darkened room coding lol)

thanks for the ideas and sympathy all and I'm sorry to hear about others in the same position too

DJMK4 · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:45

I have had a letter today, not sure if I am going to be caught up in it ,or not, 2013 started bad and got worse

Really don't know what to do anymore

DaleTheWhale · 29 Jan 2013 at 23:53

Linked In, tis the way forward for my company anyway!
Best way to network, never know what you can find

Redundancy is a ball ache, especially at this stage of the economy.

Hades · 30 Jan 2013 at 00:05

Bad news

Good luck with the hunt.

11,000 (globally) to be made redundant from my place this year. Anyone who wants to get into IT nowadays must be mad.

Regarding Linked In I've had quite a few approaches over the years from agents on Linked In so it's worth spending a bit of time on your profile there.

ImMrChris · 30 Jan 2013 at 00:06

yeah im on linkedin my profile is up to date hopefully something may come of it

ImMrChris · 30 Jan 2013 at 00:36

Pawnless Endgame · 30 Jan 2013 at 00:48

Hades said:
11,000 (globally) to be made redundant from my place this year. Anyone who wants to get into IT nowadays must be mad.

Glad you said IT. Those that use the buzz-word/acronym 'ICT' drive me up the wall.

Ev0 · 30 Jan 2013 at 11:14

Morba said:
Outsourced to T-Systems and now a year later being outsourced to Cognizant, any other option would be considerable right now lol

Doh, guess if you're looking at options just start applying for anything around there!

Least there are a fair few places to try in Brizzle

Peerzy · 30 Jan 2013 at 11:55

Morba said:
Outsourced to T-Systems and now a year later being outsourced to Cognizant, any other option would be considerable right now lol

I have to deal with Cognizant on a daily basis for a few clients and the work they do for them is awful.

Hades · 30 Jan 2013 at 12:23

Peerzy said:
I have to deal with Cognizant on a daily basis for a few clients and the work they do for them is awful.

They are little different from most of the large outsourcing companies. It's not really in their interest to be efficient. They want to charge per head so inefficiency is good for them. Most of these companies also have a high staff turnover so keeping knowledge is difficult.

Interestingly I've had a few approaches recently to go and work in India doing my current job. I'm not tempted though.