Rates

[ChimpMaster]

I feel for you, I'm one of those people who I took a numpty £100 a day role to keep the money coming in until something better turns up... 6 months later.

Throughout my working life every job I've had seems to have a skewed work to reward ratio, I've never had to work so hard for so little.

I feel for you GJ! £100/day = £25,000/year. Are you being serious? I find it difficult to fathom why/how it would be worth your while, unless it's only to keep you skilled up. I could only see myself doing that if the role was very local and my expenses were negligible. Otherwise I'd much rather work anywhere else even out of I.T. for that money.

Is the rate particularly low due to your skillset? What is it that you work in?

[gingerjedi]

I feel for you GJ! £100/day = £25,000/year. Are you being serious? I find it difficult to fathom why/how it would be worth your while, unless it's only to keep you skilled up. I could only see myself doing that if the role was very local and my expenses were negligible. Otherwise I'd much rather work anywhere else even out of I.T. for that money.

Is the rate particularly low due to your skillset? What is it that you work in?

I was 2nd bordering on 3rd line support, this is numpty PC/Laptop swap out work but it is local.

Currently having a shouting match with the office perm, "If you don't like it you could always take a perm role" I wish she'd shut the **** up... before I do something I'll regret.

This is seriously depressing.

[worzelGummidge]

£100 per day is less than I have been paying all of the builders that have performed work on my house during the last year, including the general 16 year old laborer. £100 per day is do able for a short time but not on a self employed / contract basis. It's tough at the moment. I would look for a local permy role if I were you.

[swamp]

A 'good' contractor will fight every rate cut by fair means or foul -- if that means going to the bosses boss and bad mouthing your mates to mark yourself as a special case, then so be it.

A 'good' contractor fights for a rate increase -- however small -- at every renewal. They will act like a poker player and tell as many lies as they have to.

A 'good' contractor bigs themselves up and jumps on every opportunity for more responsibility simply to have a justification for a rate increase at renewal time.

Are you a 'good' contractor, or are you just a decent chap?

HTH

[AlfredJPruffock]

I feel for you, I'm one of those people who I took a numpty £100 a day role to keep the money coming in until something better turns up... 6 months later.

Throughout my working life every job I've had seems to have a skewed work to reward ratio, I've never had to work so hard for so little.

Sorry to hear that GG - it is a Universal Truth that the harder you work the less money you wilil gain.

[northernladuk]

A 'good' contractor will fight every rate cut by fair means or foul -- if that means going to the bosses boss and bad mouthing your mates to mark yourself as a special case, then so be it.

A 'good' contractor fights for a rate increase -- however small -- at every renewal. They will act like a poker player and tell as many lies as they have to.

A 'good' contractor bigs themselves up and jumps on every opportunity for more responsibility simply to have a justification for a rate increase at renewal time.

Are you a 'good' contractor, or are you just a decent chap?

HTH

Your not serious are you?

[Amiga500]

Your not serious are you?

You're

[Jeebo72]

I can't see why people complain when they've signed a contract. No one forced you. If you don't like it resign. Sometimes this facilitates a change to your befefit in the rate dept anway...

J

[Amiga500]

I can't see why people complain when they've signed a contract. No one forced you. If you don't like it resign. Sometimes this facilitates a change to your befefit in the rate dept anway...

J

benefit

[gingerjedi]

I can't see why people complain when they've signed a contract. No one forced you. If you don't like it resign. Sometimes this facilitates a change to your befefit in the rate dept anway...

J

Like I said I don't normally care as long as I'm happy with my rate but I haven't been from day one, but needs must in hard times.

I signed a contract, 6 weeks later they drop the rate 'take it or leave it', 2 months later they take 2 more contractors on for more money as the market has improved slightly leaving the 4 existing contractors on the poor rate.

Yes I understand your argument but you must see my point??