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Originally Posted by Gandalf
Nothing wrong in employing sub contractors providing the employing company checks the work is being done correctly as they should even if it is being done by 'in-house' labour. If the work is not done satisfactorily then get rid of the sub contractor and employ another who does do the work properly on the other hand try getting rid of poor work people from an in-house department especially from state organisations who seem to get promoted if they create more problems than they 'inherited' from others.
John.
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It's far easier to monitor and manage an in-house team than it is to subcontract (which with Network Rail is even leading to sub-contracted sub-contracted workers) which makes it almost impossible to tell if the front line work force are cutting corners and so on and so forth.
Plus ultimately working in-house has cost benefits in the long run.
In-house staff answer to the top brass, if they fail in their jobs then they loose them, it's as simple as that. Sub-contracted workers can just move to the next contract, they don't worry (as much) about any repercusions.
I'm not saying it's entirely a bad thing. I just think Network Rail are benefiting from moving in-house and will continue to do so.