another 200 on the NBS chopping block in Basel?
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This was inevitable with IT moving to lower cost locations like Prague and India; Basel is expensive to hire and live in.
Tough to see old colleagues forced out
Tough to see old colleagues forced out
With 2020 looking to end on a low note for the US economy (biggest consumer of Novartis products globally), 2021 would be a tough year to be looking for a new job after a 4Q 2020 layoff.
Former colleagues in Basel have received the list of who's being spared through 2020; so at least they have one year to find the next job ... unfortunately, that next job might be in Prague or India
Those being laid off and coming back on as contractors will have the last laugh
exception not norm
Unlikely; new contractors and FTEs alike are being hired in Prague & India to replace laid-off BaselITes
Those being laid off and coming back on as contractors will have the last laugh
Slim chance of that happening; contractors will be hired in Prague & India at a much lower cost
NBS IT is dead man walking:
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There's no need for a Novartis-branded IT shop, when the big tech companies like MSFT and the like can offer services and solutions Vas wants for his data science company.
his contract was up for renewal but his services were no longer required?
anyone hear how many more cuts planned in waves 6 - 11? and where exactly?
They refuse to say how many jobs are cut in Switzerland! Shame! A Swiss company?? What those people will tell to their families before X-mass??
May be same applies for the CISO, he is an AH
did they ever give a clear impact count for NBS IT at the beginning of the first waves? i remember only the up to 700 NBS positions overall....
the count would be nice to know, but the trend has been clear: there will be as few positions as possibly allowed in high-cost countries.