State of the Market

[avonleigh]

That's £99 per hour not per day. DV clearance so it's kinda inline with usual rates.

[willendure]

Has to be £99/hour. £99/day is £12.50/hour. Thats what working at the checkout in Lidl pays outside of London.

[SchumiStars]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ew0jrjxz9o

I am in full agreement of people returning to the office in all honesty. I would love to be back in central London.

[Smartie]

Sounds like it's not just the contract market https://www.theguardian.com/business...for-four-years

"Vacancies for permanent jobs in the UK declined at their fastest pace for four years last month, according to a new survey that adds to the gloomy economic mood.

Amid febrile markets and weak economic data, the monthly jobs report from the consultancy KPMG and the recruitment firm REC shows many firms reluctant to hire.

The employer survey suggested vacancies for permanent roles had declined at the fastest pace since August 2020, when the UK was in the grip of the Covid pandemic. Temporary vacancies also fell in December.

The labour market was slowing for much of 2024. December was the 14th month in which the jobs report registered a decline in overall vacancies.

Among permanent roles, the fastest decline in vacancies was seen in the executive/professional and the IT and computing sectors."

[oliverson]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ew0jrjxz9o

I am in full agreement of people returning to the office in all honesty. I would love to be back in central London.

I look back at my 10 years in London finance, mostly on-site all week with fond memories, and the 30 or so years prior always on-site. Some adventures were had in all that time. However, I've not been in anybody's office now since February 2020 and whilst I do miss it slightly, my domestic situation renders it impossible. Better to have loved and lost, and all that. I think for younger folk learning their trade, learning about life, sat at home every day is a really bad idea, even if they think it isn't. Plenty of time to live like a hermit when you're older.

[TheDude]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ew0jrjxz9o

I am in full agreement of people returning to the office in all honesty. I would love to be back in central London.

My last contract required 2 days a week in the office. I managed 1 day a week if they were lucky and no one complained.

[SussexSeagull]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ew0jrjxz9o

I am in full agreement of people returning to the office in all honesty. I would love to be back in central London.

I suspect some of them are trying to get rid of staff without paying redundancy.

That said I would merrily commute to London five days a week if it meant being paid.

[SussexSeagull]

Sounds like it's not just the contract market https://www.theguardian.com/business...for-four-years

Among permanent roles, the fastest decline in vacancies was seen in the executive/professional and the IT and computing sectors."

The white collar recession continues.

[SussexSeagull]

I look back at my 10 years in London finance, mostly on-site all week with fond memories, and the 30 or so years prior always on-site. Some adventures were had in all that time. However, I've not been in anybody's office now since February 2020 and whilst I do miss it slightly, my domestic situation renders it impossible. Better to have loved and lost, and all that. I think for younger folk learning their trade, learning about life, sat at home every day is a really bad idea, even if they think it isn't. Plenty of time to live like a hermit when you're older.

I worked in London in my mid 20s and had a ball. Funnily enough as I got older I coped with the commute a lot better (quite possibly linked with reduction in alcohol intake).

[northernladuk]

I worked in London in my mid 20s and had a ball. Funnily enough as I got older I coped with the commute a lot better (quite possibly linked with reduction in alcohol intake).

A lot has change since your mid 20's. They have cars, phones, flushable toilets etc. Completely different place.