3,000 IT Jobs at Stake in Shell Outsourcing Deal; As crude flirts with the $100 per barrel market, the world's second largest oil company, Shell, will replace more than 3,000 IT professionals with managed services to reduce operating costs and ease downward profit pressure

Shell declined to specify what IT functions and infrastructure would be outsourced, citing ongoing contract negotiations. Shell remains mum on the issue, but leaked memos indicate 3,200 will be affected. When complete, Shell's internal IT workforce would be reduced to 400. More than half of the...

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Published in:Baseline 2008-01 (80)
Main Author: Walsh, Lawrence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contract negotiations
Corporate profits
Energy economics
Operating costs
Outsourcing
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Summary:Shell declined to specify what IT functions and infrastructure would be outsourced, citing ongoing contract negotiations. Shell remains mum on the issue, but leaked memos indicate 3,200 will be affected. When complete, Shell's internal IT workforce would be reduced to 400. More than half of the affected jobs are held by Shell staff; the balance are contractors and consultants.
ISSN:1541-3004