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A&O boss vows to limit job cuts as firm transfers support function to Belfast

All the big firms have moved jobs out of central London, or will be doing it. CC and Camerons in India, Links in Colchester and India, Baker Mac in Manilla, Herbies and A&O in Belfast. All their major clients have done the same. Nothing unusual or to be ashamed of. What is just awful is the line that cost saving is not the driver which is just an insult to our intelligence. I think he was trying to say that they could have saved even more in India or Manilla but so what - if you are redundant you don't really care where your job ends up. He goes on to say they are not prepared to compromise on quality with the implication that moving jobs outside the UK would have led to reduced quality. Is he suggesting that all his banking clients who have moved their back offices to India have compromised on quality? Are his own Asian offices sub-standard? Pretty poorly thought out statement really.

3-Feb-2011

7:41 pm