$1.15 million Govt Website

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Old Grey Geek

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Topic # 12147 1-Mar-2007 16:33

A govt web site to list jobs for immigrants cost 1.15 million to set up and $86,400.00 a year to run... after a year it has 2 job vacancies listed, one for a nurse and one for a hairdresser.

OK. Which one of you guys pulled the wool over thier eyes?

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Reply # 62457 1-Mar-2007 16:37

I could have done it for $10k and had ten times as many vacancies on it (vacancies for overpriced web designers, hosters, consultants, and managers)

nairda

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Reply # 62459 1-Mar-2007 16:43

The $1.15 million setup cost probably includes at least $500k worth of meetings between bureaucrats deciding whether such a website was needed or who was going to provide the solution.

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Reply # 62460 1-Mar-2007 16:49

I would have thought there would be hundreds of job vacancies for taxi drivers.

Old Grey Geek

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Reply # 62461 1-Mar-2007 16:50

nairda: The $1.15 million setup cost probably includes at least $500k worth of meetings between bureaucrats deciding whether such a website was needed or who was going to provide the solution.

Nah, more like $1.1 mill talking fees and $50k fo the poor bugger that did the actual work. Less tax of course

wmoore

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Reply # 62523 2-Mar-2007 00:09

Old Grey Geek:
nairda: The $1.15 million setup cost probably includes at least $500k worth of meetings between bureaucrats deciding whether such a website was needed or who was going to provide the solution.

Nah, more like $1.1 mill talking fees and $50k fo the poor bugger that did the actual work. Less tax of course

No the money went to the artwork in the Toilets.

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