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Originally posted by Unix View PostJust been told Im being extended for another 6 months, quite relieved as it's pretty dead out there.Comment
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Originally posted by BigDataPro View PostSince January I have applied for over 27 contract roles. Skill suitability varies between 80%-100%. Absolutely no reply received. May be agents are merely harvesting CVs.
Yesterday out of the blue received a message on Linkedin from an unknown recruiter. 100% matching skills. Fully Remote. The rate is about a £1 more than I got in 2004. It's £275. Outside IR35. I have said Yes.
Better to be earning than doing nothing. Besides, I want to grab it before some one from overseas quote a lower rate.
In the past I've usually been selective in that I find my opportunities through contacts at about 25 recruiters plus my network. That's all dried up so it's becoming a numbers game and I'm targeting a much bigger pool of agents and lower roles now.Comment
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Originally posted by BigDataPro View PostSince January I have applied for over 27 contract roles. Skill suitability varies between 80%-100%. Absolutely no reply received. May be agents are merely harvesting CVs.
Yesterday out of the blue received a message on Linkedin from an unknown recruiter. 100% matching skills. Fully Remote. The rate is about a £1 more than I got in 2004. It's £275. Outside IR35. I have said Yes.
Better to be earning than doing nothing. Besides, I want to grab it before some one from overseas quote a lower rate.
The reason I'm saying the above, is that I did a contract once for similar rate at an old employer. Salary back then was around 40k, from what I gather employer costs would be times 1.7, so around 70k. If you take the £275 rate and multiply by 260, you get 71k, so pretty much bang on. They probably need someone, but can't take on a permie and are offering a low ball contract.Last edited by dsc; 25 January 2024, 15:30.Comment
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So everyone is saying 'good move' to this guy accepting 275 a day.
Then in other threads we bash contractors for doing exactly this because they're bringing down rates for everyone else.
Can you please make up your mind?Comment
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Originally posted by PCTNN View PostSo everyone is saying 'good move' to this guy accepting 275 a day.
Then in other threads we bash contractors for doing exactly this because they're bringing down rates for everyone else.
Can you please make up your mind?Comment
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Originally posted by PCTNN View PostSo everyone is saying 'good move' to this guy accepting 275 a day.
Then in other threads we bash contractors for doing exactly this because they're bringing down rates for everyone else.
Can you please make up your mind?
I just couldn't 'turn up' and pretend I was remotely interested and I think they'd detect that.Comment
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Originally posted by PCTNN View PostSo everyone is saying 'good move' to this guy accepting 275 a day.
Then in other threads we bash contractors for doing exactly this because they're bringing down rates for everyone else.
Can you please make up your mind?Comment
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Originally posted by PCTNN View PostSo everyone is saying 'good move' to this guy accepting 275 a day.
Then in other threads we bash contractors for doing exactly this because they're bringing down rates for everyone else.
Can you please make up your mind?Comment
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Originally posted by oliverson View PostAfraid I agree with you here and I just couldn't do it, which is why I as on the bench 17 months!
If you can't get the rate you think you deserve, either your abilities aren't worth that to any client or there's a dearth of work out there, or possibly both. It leaves two options - swallow your pride and take a low paying contract, or slowly watch your warchest dwindle. I've been in that position before post 9/11 and I grabbed with both hands a contract at half my normal rate just to keep me and my family going.
You don't have to stay in that low-paid gig forever - if things improve and something better appears, you can easily move, as I did once the market opened up again in 2002.Comment
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