SEIU and State Agree on IT Transition Plan to Reduce Outsourcing
by Stephen McVeigh, SCIF, AISA
After
18 months of persistence and hard work, SCIF management finally agreed
to a transition plan that will add about 100 authorized IT positions in
Vacaville, create a “knowledge transfer” process between contractors
and employees, and reduce most of the current 211 outsourced positions.
In
addition, the plan also stops the forced transfer of many of the 300 IT
employees from San Francisco to Vacaville. State Fund also will accept
voluntary transfers to Vacaville.
This is a BIG win for SEIU and our IT professionals at SCIF.
Plan Specifics
Specifically, the plan includes:
- Based
upon the number of currently proposed IT projects for 2008, the 2008
program plan will have 113 to 117 new SSS III, Senior, Staff and
Associate IT positions, to be located in Vacaville.
- An open exam will be administered by State Fund in Late January 2008 in the Fairfield/Vacaville area.
- Hiring
for Vacaville is expected to begin in May 2008; new hires must have the
appropriate skill sets to step into the currently-contracted and other
vacant positions.
- Contractors will transfer knowledge, on the job training, and information to employees during the transition period.
- Some
units and some IT employees will be required to move to Vacaville, such
as the Data Center employees and employees who work with the physical
IT equipment and infrastructure.
- For some units, employees
will be split between San Francisco and Vacaville requiring the unit
supervisor to commute between two locations for a period of time.
For more information
For more information, contact Stephen McVeigh at 415 565-1096 or swmcveigh@scif.com.