Originally posted by eek
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Well this supposed summer bounce has not materialised. Looks like the entire year will be closing up soon enough (90 days left in 2024).
What a waste of a year! No ******* contract and no ******* money.Comment
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Just seen another role in Knutsford £251 - £261 inside for Test Automation. Barclays really taking the p1ss it seems.Comment
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Originally posted by coolhandluke View PostThe .Net contract market from what I can see if all but dead outside of London and financial services.
I've got a year left on a FTC and I'm setting myself up for a remote £50k-£65k a year perm job when it ends as a worse case scenario.Comment
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Originally posted by avonleigh View PostJust seen another role in Knutsford £251 - £261 inside for Test Automation. Barclays really taking the p1ss it seems.Comment
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Originally posted by avonleigh View PostJust seen another role in Knutsford £251 - £261 inside for Test Automation. Barclays really taking the p1ss it seems.
Maybe, like for the solution architect role that eek posted above, its for two positions, they could be trying to get two from the budget of one, in both cases.
Its p1ss take but on the positive side it provides some income for two benched contractors rather than just one..Last edited by Fraidycat; 1 October 2024, 12:58.Comment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
Maybe, like for the solution architect role that eek posted above, its for two positions, they could be trying to get two from the budget of one, in both cases.
Its p1ss take but on the positive side it provides some income for two benched contractors rather than just one..'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
Maybe, like for the solution architect role that eek posted above, its for two positions, they could be trying to get two from the budget of one, in both cases.
Its p1ss take but on the positive side it provides some income for two benched contractors rather than just one..
They are one of the few companies I won't go near at all I'm careful when North West Finance jobs appear to not go nears Knutsford even if it does mean I turn down MBNA/M&S as I've accidentally done in the past.
merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Barclays have been taking the p1ss for over a decade. Everyone took the Barclays gigs to fill a hole and then left when they got something better. They changed the contract to no notice, i.e. could not give notice on the gig, to try stem the tide of people coming and going and did attempt to follow this as far as they could (for free) with contractors that did just give notice and leave even though they were in breach. Wonder if anything has changed on that front.
Like all of these new fangled digital agile station brain works, the new idea dies slowly and evitably with the lack of belief and retention of staff and poor culture.
Is Tesco Digital thing still going happening in Welyn Garden City? (Glad I rejected that one)
How is Sky in Osterley still going? ( I hear bad news; never had the pleasure)
What about RS Electronics in Corby? ( It was just ok in 2017, but I didn't renew and found somewhere else)
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Originally posted by zonkkk View Post
I totally agree. I have spent a lot of time upskilling to C#, .NET, Cloud... (which I have actively used in my previous contracts) and all approaches bar 1 have been for Embedded devices which was surprising to me.Comment
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