Originally posted by northernladuk
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Its not going away, so live with it
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I don’t think there’s any general solution for a majority of today’s contracting market that looks like this. If you’re a specialist (by which I mean that there are tens or hundreds of people like you worldwide, not thousands or tens of thousands), then you’re probably already operating this way, direct to clients, using your network. It’s the natural outcome of market forces operating in your favour, rather than the client’s, just as agency based work is the natural solution to broad spectrum IT and other labour supplies. No contractor or group of contractors is likely to change these market forces, but it is perfectly possible for a contractor to specialise and build a network. By definition, a majority won’t because it is high risk. The most risk-free way to specialise is to start as a permie and to become a contractor much later.Comment
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And, as per a vast majority of these posts, OP doesn't like the response to his master plan, gets upset and flounces.
Nothing changes.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Jimbo54 View PostOK, you want to insult me, call me a permitractor. I'm off. Go to hell in your own handbasket.
I can normally rely on my accountant, he's been instrumental in keeping me on the right side of IR35 for 20 years...
Know any good specialists?'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Jimbo54 View PostThis may have been considered before, so my apologies if my search didn't find it and I'm repeating myself, BUT....
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NEXTFREE - Changing how Freelance Contractors and Consultants share their availability with the WorldComment
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Originally posted by PlanB View Postmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Jimbo54 View PostOK, you want to insult me, call me a permitractor. I'm off. Go to hell in your own handbasket.Comment
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Education of large end clients about who to throw under the inside IR35 bus would work best.
At the moment, it seems that they've been scared into a PSC ban by people who benefit from a PSC ban.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by Jimbo54 View PostSo what you gonna do? Roll over and go Permie? Retire? Leave the country?
Negativity certainly won't cut it
*Cough* Many great ideas had been tried before and failed every time, until they at last succeeded. For example: powered flight.Comment
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