Support Forums: Message List - How Long Does it Take To Get A Contractor a Computer and a Workspace? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:56:31 -0400 How Long Does it Take To Get A Contractor http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 This is normal stuff for contractors and also consultants. The bigger the company the more inefficient. I'd rather interface with these companies on the deploy level. Like send them an ear or something. They also suck at 3 year old 15' inch monitor...]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:02:29 -0400 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:02:29 -0400 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:02:29 -0400 Jun 15, 2011 Faizal Abdoelrahman 0 How Long Does it Take To Get A Contractor a Computer and a Workspace? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 Some companies are starting fire up private or public cloud desktop instances for contractors, consultants and new staff.  But yep a majority of the time its a miracle to be up and running in the first week.

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]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:17:33 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:17:33 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:17:33 -0400 Jun 9, 2011 Cameron McKenzie 0 I have a budget for people not computers http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 Did a gig at Philip Morris where I was issued a cube and an ashtray first day.  No joke.  Waited around for a couple months on-site for work.  The direction was to wait for direction.  The group of consultants I was with was...]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:57:25 -0400 Jun 9, 2011 Andrew Clifford 1 How Long Does it Take To Get A Contractor a Computer and a Workspace? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 Most of the time it's lock the budget and deal with the details afterwards. If managers wait too long to onboard a resource, they might lose it.

...]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:35:30 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:35:30 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:35:30 -0400 Jun 9, 2011 Frank Bolander 0 Management smells http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 The reason that they can't onboard people efficiently is probably the same reason that they couldn't hire a contractor on time:  the project (or the whole IT department) is poorly managed.

...]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:42:24 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:42:24 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:42:24 -0400 Jun 9, 2011 Dean Schulze 0 How Long Does it Take To Get A Contractor a Computer and a Workspace? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62477 "When can you start?"
In other words, your new employer needs you right now, if not yesterday, and the project is going to go off the rails if they don't get some skilled professionals in right away.

So what do you do? You...]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:22:24 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:22:24 -0400 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:22:24 -0400 Jun 9, 2011 Cameron McKenzie 6