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My first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post, cash it at the bank and off to the hookers and cocaine club. That was when contractors were real contractors, none of this namby-pamby IR35, MSC, umbrella bollocks“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.” -
Me too. There were certain agencies (<cough>intelect</cough>) that would also pay in brown envelopes on certain occasions.Originally posted by darmstadt View PostMy first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post, cash it at the bank and off to the hookers and cocaine club. That was when contractors were real contractors, none of this namby-pamby IR35, MSC, umbrella bollocks
Other agencies that would fly you to the South of France for an interview, put you up in a hotel and pay for the hire car, just to attend an interview - I got a 2 year contract on the strength of that.
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IR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.Originally posted by darmstadt View PostMy first few contracts were pretty much cash based, send the timesheet in and get a check back in the post,
Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.

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Mr. Intelligent has been let out to play on the computer againOriginally posted by shaunbhoy View PostIR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.
Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.

“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Not as much as the Indians viewed yoursOriginally posted by shaunbhoy View PostIR35 must have hit the scarecrow sector pretty badly, all that restrictive "disguised employee" stuff and all.
Still, maybe the Germans view your skills more benignly.





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