Alarm bells?

[stek]

I know a couple of people who were at Manchester in the last 3 months. They were only there 3 months and left at the first opportunity. Skem seems to have a high turnover of contractors unless agencies run speculative advertisments frequently!

Skem is an absolute shiithole both the offices and the town!

Walking from the coop building to the Concourse for lunch is a muggers paradise.

We used to flit between CIS tower in Manchester and Skem and occasionally the Salford office in Weaste, another shiithole but at least it was quiet there.

[fool]

Not necessarily. It could be a public sector client.

I, to have some fun, attended a telephonic interview last week with Capgemini (sub) for a role at HMRC in the sarff. I was asked (rather told) by the Indian team manager if I am willing to train some of their "resources", be in their office between 9 am and 7 pm every day (No exceptions), work extra hours to meet deadlines (no extra pay).

Needless to say, I'm sure you know what I told him and his agent

I have no doubts that this is true, but as an aside, I work for the public sector and have none of these sorts of issues. The team is lead by another contractor and we pretty much do as we want as long as we're delivering.

[NibblyPig]

sounds like a job working for hmrc investigations ltd

[unixman]

I recently attended an interview for a contract where I was asked the following questions:
- Would I start at 9am every day, so that everyone starts at the same time?
- Would I be prepared to attend internal team meetings and be involved in team activities?
- Would I be willing to mentor junior members of staff and check their work?
- Would I be happy working in a role with constantly changing priorities and workload?

Translation: Will you behave like a disguised employee in order to help us evade employers NIC payments to HMRC.

Answer: NO. I will not be involve myself in a conspiracy to help you evade rightful tax. Go away.

[SussexSeagull]

I would suggest to them they might be better getting a new permanent employee in.

[Chuck]

I was asked (rather told) by the Indian team manager if I am willing to train some of their "resources", be in their office between 9 am and 7 pm every day (No exceptions), work extra hours to meet deadlines (no extra pay).

I suspect he knew what your reaction would be and didn't care. He's not looking to hire local skills. That line of questioning is only to help confirm that no local skills are available so they can bring in more ICTs.

[psychocandy]

Not necessarily. It could be a public sector client.

I, to have some fun, attended a telephonic interview last week with Capgemini (sub) for a role at HMRC in the sarff. I was asked (rather told) by the Indian team manager if I am willing to train some of their Bob "resources" so they can get rid of you then, be in their office between 9 am and 7 pm every day (No exceptions), work extra hours to meet deadlines (no extra pay) just like they bully they're own Bob staff into doing

Needless to say, I'm sure you know what I told him and his agent

FTFY. Yep agree with you. Find some other mug....

[SueEllen]

I suspect he knew what your reaction would be and didn't care. He's not looking to hire local skills. That line of questioning is only to help confirm that no local skills are available so they can bring in more ICTs.

Local skills equals the entire EU and even the EEA.