State of the Market

[dsc]

[...]Things need to change though right? The work itself didn't just fall off a cliff, it will need doing eventually

Sure but you don't need people on £600+ doing it, if you have a desperate work force you can drive the rates super low.

[ResistanceFighter]

Getting to the end of April, and been looking since end of November last year.

had only a handful of calls, 2 interviews, 1 turned into an offer but I turned it down as the rate was just insulting.

What a dramatic change from being back to back with no gaps for the 10+ years previous.

Things need to change though right? The work itself didn't just fall off a cliff, it will need doing eventually

[BritishLad88]

Daily mail headline from today (DM has a paywall now, so i wont link it):
Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain? HMRC civil servants are gardening, taking the dog for a walk and playing video games while 'at work'

it's the new norm. times have changed. don't see what's the fuss all about.

[WTFH]

Of course DM "Journalists" are prime examples of productive, efficient and industrious workers. tulipting on a bit of paper and faxing it to head office every day

You left out the bit about non-dom/offshore/trust status of the ownership of that paper.

[Unix]

Daily mail headline from today (DM has a paywall now, so i wont link it):
Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain? HMRC civil servants are gardening, taking the dog for a walk and playing video games while 'at work'

Of course DM "Journalists" are prime examples of productive, efficient and industrious workers. tulipting on a bit of paper and faxing it to head office every day

[sreed]

Daily mail headline from today (DM has a paywall now, so i wont link it):
Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain? HMRC civil servants are gardening, taking the dog for a walk and playing video games while 'at work'

Lol. If you included a leisurely brunch (at home), laundry and a trip to the gym, that sounds like my other half and I at home, working hard in FS

[northernladuk]

Daily mail headline from today (DM has a paywall now, so i wont link it):
Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain? HMRC civil servants are gardening, taking the dog for a walk and playing video games while 'at work'

I saw that. I was outraged and then realised I'd done all of those today

[edison]

This years bounce bounced lasted just a couple of weeks. Jobserve went toward the high 46,000, but currently around 32,000.

If I recall correctly, last years bounces lasted more than a month.

I think market sentiment changed a week or two ago as it became clear that interest rate cuts have been delayed by many months.

It's already down to 30,000 since you posted this!

Perm roles seem to have picked up a bit in the last few weeks but I've never seen the market so bad for contracting in my niches. There seems to be no respite on that front.

[Fraidycat]

As every other branch of government is creaking at the moment it is probably fair to imagine that the HMRC are the same.

Daily mail headline from today (DM has a paywall now, so i wont link it):
Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain? HMRC civil servants are gardening, taking the dog for a walk and playing video games while 'at work'

[SussexSeagull]

I'm actually very curious how easy it is for HMRC to check this. If you are direct to a client, then become perm at the same client, perhaps rather easy, but going via agency to then going via umbrella or perm? They would need some info from the agency on who the client was, then check with the umbrella to who they work with and connect the dots, perhaps it's not that simple? At the end of the day we are talking about HMRC who decided to turn off their call lines when trying to solve long waiting times, so...

As every other branch of government is creaking at the moment it is probably fair to imagine that the HMRC are the same.