Certainly seems a bit slow at the moment. I ended up taking a low(ish) rate with a different part of the same organisation. Better to stay busy than chasing rate at this time imo
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Originally posted by eek View PostI think he meant what do you do rather than where do you try and work
Got it, ta.Comment
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It's not contracts on offer, the offer is a permanent job kept outside HMRC to avoid breaking HMRC pay scales.... The question is why would many people accept a permanent job...merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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So, reading that article, HMRC signed a ten year deal in 2004 and "last year brought chunks of the deal to an early end". Now, I'm no mathematics professor but 2004+10 < 2015.
Talks of salary and payrises? No thanks. Day rate or fixed price pleaseThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostSo, reading that article, HMRC signed a ten year deal in 2004 and "last year brought chunks of the deal to an early end". Now, I'm no mathematics professor but 2004+10 < 2015.
Talks of salary and payrises? No thanks. Day rate or fixed price pleasemerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Permaholics Anonymous
I was a permie at HMRC.
So there - I said it.
Only one year.
Not a bad bunch.
However I worked for Capgemini and they were absolutely <REDACTED>
(Sorry I'm not allowed to say: part of my package)"Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostBut do we really care? The financial industry is far too big in the UK. It's been suffocating the rest of the economy for decades.
About time it was shrunk.Comment
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I think the market seems strong - have had a lot of calls from agents recently for gigs along with reasonable rates.
I think however that there is some truth that the market is saturated with newby contractors and I've come across some very poor, lightweight contractors who seem to lack professionalism and act like permies.
Longer term the big outsourcers continue to provide good PR for competent UK contractors with the continuation of poor quality deliverables, poor offshore comms, project delays and increased Total Cost of Ownership for the clients. Recently took on another contractor on my team solely to fix the poor code that comes from offshore (client accepts this but with global contract with large outsourcer he has to demonstrate he's using them)
Almost all my recent clients look to be moving away from 100% offshore models to a 60 offshore /40 UK model which means more contract roles.Comment
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Originally posted by silverlight001 View PostI think the market seems strong - have had a lot of calls from agents recently for gigs along with reasonable rates.
I think however that there is some truth that the market is saturated with newby contractors and I've come across some very poor, lightweight contractors who seem to lack professionalism and act like permies.
Longer term the big outsourcers continue to provide good PR for competent UK contractors with the continuation of poor quality deliverables, poor offshore comms, project delays and increased Total Cost of Ownership for the clients. Recently took on another contractor on my team solely to fix the poor code that comes from offshore (client accepts this but with global contract with large outsourcer he has to demonstrate he's using them)
Almost all my recent clients look to be moving away from 100% offshore models to a 60 offshore /40 UK model which means more contract roles.Comment
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