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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostAre any of these people you know friends of yours?
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Originally posted by edison View PostI'm working as a consultant for a council and one of my close colleagues regularly lights up in online meetings I have with her and occasionally other people. I haven't seen anything from the council to 'ban' this - as you say, you can't police it. Maybe Hammersmith just meant when on video calls?Comment
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostComment
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Originally posted by Paralytic View PostNot even the imaginary ones you usually use to try add some credence to your trolling?
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostI know people that have sat out for 2 years waiting for their £700 a day rates to be offered on principal
£55K now and next April £40K roles will be gold dust (except the niche skills where rates will hold as supply and demand)
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I know many people who went from 40K to 600 per day and they are still hanging on somehow
I dont know any that went from 600 per day to 40K
Must be just me ....Comment
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Originally posted by jayn200 View PostYeah I would rather sit out. Basically going from like 9k net to 2.5k net depending on your tax position... for probably a similar workload. Doesn't make sense. If that happened to traditional business they'd just close shop.
I'd rather just sit out for a year and learn a new skill or programming language or even just holiday on the cheap.
After multiple years at 600 pd you should be able to sit out a year without issues.
So much bulltulip in this post.
A couple of things:
- in normal times, sitting out for a year might be an option because you know there would be contracts to come back to. Put ir35, covid, brexit in the mix and you'll see the number of contracts you'll be able to come back to in 2021/2022 will not be as many so your 1 year off might well become 18-24 months, and THEN you'll have to take a 40k permie job if you're lucky to find one given your big employment gap.
- "holiday on the cheap"? what does that even mean? Are you going on holiday alone? Can your partner take that much time off? Don't you have a social life/social commitments? You just take and leave? BulltulipComment
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostThat’s the new norm, that £40K role will be £30K come April when still in lockdown
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According to her, it's not the fault of the clients who are offering pitiful rates 'it's actually the contractors who are driving down rates. A lot of them are so desperate they'll work for anything at the moment'. Her words, not mine.
Btw, I'm aware of the concept of supply and demand. I'm also aware that a lot of people have no choice but to take a cr*ppy rate at the moment but still.
So there you have it. It's all our fault.If you don't have anything nice to say, say it sarcasticallyComment
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Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View PostThats funny
I know many people who went from 40K to 600 per day and they are still hanging on somehow
I dont know any that went from 600 per day to 40K
Must be just me ....
People are just dropping back to where they came from
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostWhy do people spout this. In what world is 600 pd translating to 108k p.a? Yes, it's a massive drop from 600 pd to 40k PAYE, but please start at something realistic. Somebody young an impressionable could be reading these pages.Comment
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