Working in Oslo?

[MartinBlack99]

Had a call from a pimp today about a contract in Oslo. just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in Norway before and how it went. Oh BTW it's working for Wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency NOK.

Martin

[stek]

Had a call from a pimp today about a contract in Oslo. just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in Norway before and how it went. Oh BTW it's working for Wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency NOK.

Martin

If it's lower than 6/700 a day Sterling equiv. don't bother.....

[DaveB]

Norway is a great place but horrendously expensive. More so than almost anywhere else in Europe. Standard of living is very high but it costs a fortune to live there. If the rate is below par you will struggle to make ends meet.

[MartinBlack99]

Many thanks

Peeps, yes its well below the rates mentioned so I think I'll pass. Well when they said it was for Wipro alarm bells rang so it's the usual story, CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP

Thank you guys,
Martin.

[Scruff]

The last dealings that I had with Wipro was less than appealing. Waste of agents time, waste of my time and the ultimate interviewer was a w*nker of the highest order.

[stek]

The last dealings that I had with Wipro was less than appealing. Waste of agents time, waste of my time and the ultimate interviewer was a w*nker of the highest order.

Me too, had a Unix man page type interview with 10 Bob's on a conf call all for a shiite rate in Stockholm.

Was all 'Sorry, can you say that again?' and 'Needful and much cheapness what..?'

That was HCL for Zeneca...

[Sausage Surprise]

had a call from a pimp today about a contract in oslo. Just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in norway before and how it went. oh btw it's working for wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency nok.

Martin

run away....run away!!!

[Midland White]

run away....run away!!!

This - don't prop up their business model.

[Eirikur]

Oslo (and Norway) is a great place
But a low rate in one of the world's most expensive countries and the fact that it is with Wipro are very good reasons to walk away

[scope]

I agree with whats been said already.. Norway - Great place to live.. But to enable you to compare, the minimum hourly for anybody over 18 years is around £15, nearly 3 times that of UK.. You can easily make 40k doing a "low paid" job in Norway.. So pitch your rate accordingly.