All good comments
EVERY so often a job is soooo bad that you are happy to leave it. I had one of those in 2006. But in 2005 I was outsourced out by a company that lied and then lied again and again during the process. First thing - get written reference letters, as many as you can. Second, establish an inside network with your friends inside the firm. The outsourcing firm is another company altogether. Be careful there. When our IT group was through being lied to and lied to, I finally told one fellow of the outsourcing firm OFF in no uncertain terms. I did not curse but was thoroughly disgusted with them. I
Revenge: Some of my first clients were executives at this firm who needed GOOD IT support. Secondly, in 2 years this outsource firm, BancTec, was also fired from the account. They were and are total scum. And to this very day, outsourced support at my parent firm is STILL ROTTEN and they MISS good It support.
