State of the Market

[fatJock]

I have met some brilliant people just at the kitchen or coffee machine. I once met a silver Olympic medalist whilst getting a coffee in the office. Guy was next level brilliant. I got back to my desk and googled him and he was everywhere on the internet, had his own Wikipedia page etc.

Schumi - on the flip side though, I bet you've also met moaning Brenda for whom everything is drama or boring Geoff always banging on about his new bike. Some of us just want to get the work done, not drive hours to socialise with people we can't be arsed getting to know.

With you living in London too, easy to say you're happy to go into the Office where London roles needing the same for me would be a few hours on a train. But that said, having turned down lots of gigs for that very same [London based] reason I'm surprised you've been out of work for so long.

[sadkingbilly]

I don't like people much.
and i can't stand yap 'n' craps <dogs>.
I DO speak English though, unlike most previous posters.

[ensignia]

People in offices have called me inspirational and have gravitated towards my social skills and arranging evenings out for the team.

Jesus wept.

[TheDude]

That's funny. I just got renewed for another year. Few of my colleagues ever go to the office the one "onsite day" at the Dutch big four bank I contract to. I've been there exactly twice so far in 4 1/2 years. A third attempt to go into the office turned into just a weed run and I ended up working from the Dutch hotel as there was nobody on the team there that day.

Two of my team members just got promoted this week and new staff will come onboard to replace them. From what I hear my team is not an exception.

I just read the Dutch government plans to expand immigration to make up for a massive labour shortage.

You really don't think the issue might be this little mistake they call brexit? The government seems to think so but can't seem to change enoigh of the public's mind. Instead, they are left with tacing the citizens to death.

Dutch big 4 bank?

Isn't that like saying League 2 football club?

[TheDude]

I have met some brilliant people just at the kitchen or coffee machine. I once met a silver Olympic medalist whilst getting a coffee in the office. Guy was next level brilliant. I got back to my desk and googled him and he was everywhere on the internet, had his own Wikipedia page etc.

I once met Bjarne Stroustrup at the office coffee machine.

[eek]

No, the agency is liable in the first instance (where one exists). The whole point of JSL is to allow for the recovery of tax from any party in the supply chain, regardless of fault, albeit with an order of priority. Sensible clients are (or should be) policing their own supply chains at this point, but that will only increase.

There will obviously be (and we are witnessing) consolidation in the sector as agencies begin to police their own suppliers more carefully, i.e., umbrellas. There are also many cases without agencies in the supply chain. Finally, some end users will take this opportunity to put workers on their own payroll. The shortest supply chains are the least risky.

It is hard to say how this combination of things will pan out in the short term, meaning the next 1-5 years. In the long run, umbrellas were always a stupid "idea" (a logical response to stupid legislation) and they are incredibly sensitive to changes in legislation - as evidenced with the latest changes to JSL - so they remain very precarious. Need to see the big picture here.

Please go and read the act, it’s written in a particular way that accidentally made one of the expected models (agency owning arms length umbrella) pointless.

or you could look at Rebecca’s myths https://www.contractoruk.com/umbrell...ould_know.html

[herman_g]

Dutch big 4 bank?

Isn't that like saying League 2 football club?

I'll be honest as a person who was born in Canada, references to soccer and soccer leagues mean nothing to me. I follow ice hockey.

If you are implying Dutch banks are operating in a market inferior to UK ones, you aren't taking ito consideration UK banks have lost the ability to service their biggest market - the EU one.

Or, if you are implying people working in Dutch banks are in some way inferior to those working in UK banks, I definitely have not found this to be the case. I have found UK IT guys to be far more capable than German ones but Dutch IT guys are by far the most clever I've worked with anywhere.

[TheDude]

I'll be honest as a person who was born in Canada, references to soccer and soccer leagues mean nothing to me. I follow ice hockey.

If you are implying Dutch banks are operating in a market inferior to UK ones, you aren't taking ito consideration UK banks have lost the ability to service their biggest market - the EU one.

Or, if you are implying people working in Dutch banks are in some way inferior to those working in UK banks, I definitely have not found this to be the case. I have found UK IT guys to be far more capable than German ones but Dutch IT guys are by far the most clever I've worked with anywhere.

I am not implying any of that. I have just never heard the phrase Big 4 Dutch Banks.