From: Ellen K. 

Well, I wouldn't want your job!

On Sun, 30 May 2004 10:15:04 +0200, Jan van Hoek (NL)
 wrote in message
:

>>> it forces me to depend on people
>>> who might not know enough themselves
>
>You wrote my job description in just a single sentence);-))
>
>How often do I not receive proposals that give rise to the feeling
>(I don't know how this "feeling" works, so please don't ask) that
>what they are offering cannot possibly work, or that the quoted
>price is overly excessive and that a cheaper solution is
>overlooked (knowingly??).
>
>The company where I work has a policy of outsourcing a lot of IT
>services and systems. What you cannot outsource, however, is
>someone (that's me!) ploughing through all that nonsense that
>vendors produce some of the time, in the hope that noone notices
>that they don't know their stuff all too well. And once they
>pushed their systems through your door, there is usually no way
>back, short of loosing a lot of time and risking to miss your
>deadlines.
>
>The difference between you and me is that my boss pays me for this
>and knows that this job is a necessity. In your case this is not
>that clear. Even if you know they don't know their stuff, there is
>no way in pointing this out without risking a war (worst case) or
>to get stuck with someone who won't help you next time (less worse
>case, but still bad).

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