I worked at a financial company as a web developer. A co-developer sat at the desk opposite, with the wall behind him. He would sit there playing games on his phone all day. ALL DAY. Yet, his work got done, but it was the barest minimum and really poor code.
So, one day I say "Tomas, I never see you write any code. Yet, your work is always done."
"Oh!", he says with a grin, "I've outsourced my entire job to my friend back in the Czech Republic. I pay him about 30% of what I earn and he writes all my code and sends it back."
>I worked at a financial company as a web developer. [...]
"Oh!", he says with a grin, "I've outsourced my entire job to my friend back in the Czech Republic.
That sounds like a huge breach of the NDA or employment contract. Pretty sure you're not allowed to expose internal company code or requirements to third party outsiders without approval in any sane company with half decent lawyers who can draft an employment contract, let alone a financial company.
Here in EU they do background checks for devs working in most financial companies.
This was the UK. No background checks, though it wouldn't have turned up anything. There was no NDA that I remember, and honestly, I don't think the execs would have given a fuck even if they had known, as long as the work got done. I never ratted him out as our manager was fine with his work, and we didn't have a huge overlap of code that we were working on.
Wow, can anyone just do what they want in the UK finance/sw scene? This wouldn't have flied in Germany/Austria. You have to sign extensive NDA's before they let you anywhere near their code/IP.
I worked at a financial company as a web developer. A co-developer sat at the desk opposite, with the wall behind him. He would sit there playing games on his phone all day. ALL DAY. Yet, his work got done, but it was the barest minimum and really poor code.
So, one day I say "Tomas, I never see you write any code. Yet, your work is always done."
"Oh!", he says with a grin, "I've outsourced my entire job to my friend back in the Czech Republic. I pay him about 30% of what I earn and he writes all my code and sends it back."