Hi all,
First time poster here.
I've been contracting for about six years, in data analytics (SAS programming) for financial services companies, mostly big banks. I've never had any trouble getting work and generally work around nine months a year.
I've started to find that when I'm contacted about potential new contracts, more often than not it is working through a consultancy like InfoSys, Wipro, Sopra Steria, etc. E.g. Bank X needs a piece of work doing, but instead of employing somebody to do it, or getting a contractor in, they outsource it to Consultancy Y, who instead of employing somebody, simply turn to the contract market (often via yet another intermediary, Recruitment Agency Z). In which case, I don't see what the consultancy is actually doing, other than taking a cut and introducing an extra layer of bureaucracy and compliance-and-governance BS.
My view is that I am in direct competition with these big consultancy firms, and that if they want to provide consultancy services then they should, you know, actually employ their own staff, train them and pay their national insurance, pension contributions etc, rather than simply leeching off the contract market.
My questions are: (1) is it my imagination or is this model becoming more prevalent, and (2) am I being unreasonable in refusing (so far) to have anything to do with these companies?
First time poster here.
I've been contracting for about six years, in data analytics (SAS programming) for financial services companies, mostly big banks. I've never had any trouble getting work and generally work around nine months a year.
I've started to find that when I'm contacted about potential new contracts, more often than not it is working through a consultancy like InfoSys, Wipro, Sopra Steria, etc. E.g. Bank X needs a piece of work doing, but instead of employing somebody to do it, or getting a contractor in, they outsource it to Consultancy Y, who instead of employing somebody, simply turn to the contract market (often via yet another intermediary, Recruitment Agency Z). In which case, I don't see what the consultancy is actually doing, other than taking a cut and introducing an extra layer of bureaucracy and compliance-and-governance BS.
My view is that I am in direct competition with these big consultancy firms, and that if they want to provide consultancy services then they should, you know, actually employ their own staff, train them and pay their national insurance, pension contributions etc, rather than simply leeching off the contract market.
My questions are: (1) is it my imagination or is this model becoming more prevalent, and (2) am I being unreasonable in refusing (so far) to have anything to do with these companies?
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