Originally posted by dsc
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I managed to get a contract in Frankfurt exactly 2 weeks after immigrating to the UK. My knowledge of German was limited to mispronounced "Danke Shane" which I knew from the song. I worked there for 6 1/2 years.
I found the Germans had a lot of respect for English speakers. B***** actually had no effect on my ability to contract on the continent as I took up EU residence when I saw what was coming to hit the fan. I've said here before, obtaining EU residence is not that difficult, but only got insulted for saying so.
I saw no UK-resident Brits taking up EU contracts until about 6 months ago. At that time, an agent I worked for started advertising for one of my previous clients stating the candidates must be willing to go to a meeting at the client one time per month.
Recently, 2 contracters have joined the "tribe" (group of scrum teams) I belong to at my NL client (one of the NL top 6 banks). Both work remotely in the UK replacing contracters (English speakers not from the UK) who had been recruited for insane money at the number 1 NL bank.


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