State of the Market

[m0n1k3r]

It can't be any worse than Remedy !

Although I hope it doesn't mean we have all this Agile nonsense

Not much agile about Jira. It is just marketed as such.

[uk contractor]

The client will be charged the same anyway so that they can increase their own margins.

Obviously its the ONLY reason they are doing this if they could find another nation to undercut they would do that as well! Time for UK gov to either cancel these visas or heavily tax the recruitment agency or intermediary as well as heavily tax any employers partaking in this blatant abuse of the UK employment laws! Until this becomes a high profile hot potato expect more and more IT jobs in the UK to vanish from the IT marketplace & enter the control of outsourcers & consultancies specialising in lowering business costs by exploiting foreign IT workers which clearly displaces UK IT workers & if proven is highly illegal. Tier 2 visa allocations should be reviewed every 3 months. 12 months is way too long.
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/209
https://www.gov.uk/penalties-for-emp...llegal-workers
Priority for British job seekers over foreign workers in the UK - InBrief.co.uk
Anti-Immigration MAC says tighten UK Tier 2 Visa rules | Workpermit.com
British Airways IT staff protest over claims of Tier 2 visa abuse | Workpermit.com


USA now doing the right thing for their own citizens IT work wise!
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/...lications.html

[Bluenose]

The big change is due in April when the tier 2 Intra tightening comes into force. Let's see what happens.

The sad thing is, the government thinks the tier 2 system has been abused since 2015 when insiders like myself know it has been happening since 2006.

[SussexSeagull]

Form an orderly queue

[BlasterBates]

Up to 100, what about 75

[KentDogWalker]

I've got 10 years exp and need a new contract, do you think I will get at least £50pd?

[LondonManc]

Form an orderly queue

They want a junior tester to manage the test environment. What could possibly go wrong?

[jamesbrown]

They want a junior tester to manage the test environment. What could possibly go wrong?

It could be a clever ruse to stress test the test environment.

[diseasex]

The client will be charged the same anyway so that they can increase their own margins.

I only had that problem in London

[LondonManc]

Don't have any problem with Jira, seems to work perfectly well. It's the agile method (or lack of ) that causes all the problems

It's people playing at agile or using it for the wrong projects that gives agile a bad reputation.