Any ideas what impact this budget will have on contractors working in public sector? im currently working for a local council and they have just anounced there funds will be getting cut by 16mil so im assumming first to go will be the contractors?????
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Originally posted by SPURSN17 View PostAny ideas what impact this budget will have on contractors working in public sector? im currently working for a local council and they have just anounced there funds will be getting cut by 16mil so im assumming first to go will be the contractors?????
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Originally posted by SPURSN17 View PostAny ideas what impact this budget will have on contractors working in public sector? im currently working for a local council and they have just anounced there funds will be getting cut by 16mil so im assumming first to go will be the contractors?????Blood in your pooComment
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They are already saving money by having you there, no sick pay no holiday pay to fork out, with the cuts and impending freeze on recruitment they will not employ someone to do your job and presuming they cannot do it in house (otherwise why would you be there) then your safe as houses, unless of course your a project manager then your up s%*t creek without a paddleComment
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Originally posted by Support Monkey View PostThey are already saving money by having you there, no sick pay no holiday pay to fork out, with the cuts and impending freeze on recruitment they will not employ someone to do your job and presuming they cannot do it in house (otherwise why would you be there) then your safe as houses, unless of course your a project manager then your up s%*t creek without a paddle
Last public sector place I worked had a budget shortfall due to crap accountant not doing his job,so they fired all contractors, dumped half the workload on the permies and for other half went down the local jobcentre and basically hired anyone who showed an interest and was willing to work for pittance, of course everything went to pot
Funny really, a lot of effort was made in the two years previous to this, mainly by contractors to bring the IT department up to spec and to properly serve the business, so business would stop wasting money by bypassing IT to directly outsource the work to rip off 3rd parties, we get it to the right place, get the business all happy and then they pulled above. IT was just left with the people who coudl not get another job elsewhere (few good permie hightailed it out of there when contractors were all let go as they could see what was going to happen) and service ended up being worse that it had been originally and once again is being bypassed for expensive 3rd party’s
Though not complaining too much, as I am now one of those 3rd party’sLast edited by Not So Wise; 23 June 2010, 17:34.Comment
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You'll be lucky to finish your contract.
You'll be even lucky to get an extension. All contractor's will be let go at the end of their contracts where I am (including me... ).
Still, there'll be another contract in the private sector next time."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Cutting public sector contractors will be a political rather than economic decision. Public sector accountants ain't up to much either.
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostCutting public sector contractors will be a political rather than economic decision. Public sector accountants ain't up to much either.
Bob should win in the long run.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View PostFTFY+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Originally posted by cojak View PostYou'll be lucky to finish your contract.
You'll be even lucky to get an extension. All contractor's will be let go at the end of their contracts where I am (including me... ).
Still, there'll be another contract in the private sector next time.
Despite the bollocks some will say about no holiday \ sick pay etc, etc, your headline contract rate is what they see so its obviously going to be in line for any cutbacks.
That said, I'd carry on pretty much as normal until the axe does in fact swingI couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!Comment
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