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    #21
    Originally posted by Wanderer View Post
    A worker lives in a country with a low cost of living (or low tax) and does work for a client based in a country with a high cost of living. The worker gets paid a fee which would be considered relatively low in the client's country but relatively high in the worker's country.
    I do a similar thing but within the same country. Live up north, travel down to the south for the higher rates and deprive all southerners
    Contracting: more of the money, less of the sh1t

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      #22
      I checked out O-Desk which is basically offering projects which you can do online. This is obviously dominated by developers in places like India, Ukraine or Pakistan, but you know the rates aren´t that low any more. You offer $30 an hour you are competitive. Sure it´s low, but it aint that low.

      In the long term I don´t think we need to be worried.
      I'm alright Jack

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        #23
        Originally posted by kingcook View Post
        I do a similar thing but within the same country. Live up north, travel down to the south for the higher rates and deprive all southerners
        +1

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          #24
          Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View Post
          Nice Sorry to hear that Wanderer
          Ahh, I'm not crying about it too much because at the time I was contemplating going back to contracting and the pay off left me sitting on a 12 month+ war chest. Not long after I landed a pretty sweet contract too so it was a good thing overall.

          I do feel genuinely sorry for the poor permie folks who were left behind, the outsourcing company took on some pretty awesome stuff that we had built and they really didn't understand any of it.

          Originally posted by kingcook View Post
          I do a similar thing but within the same country. Live up north, travel down to the south for the higher rates and deprive all southerners


          Bloody Northerners coming down here and stealing our jobs.
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            #25
            [QUOTE=Wanderer;1696316]Ahh, I'm not crying about it too much because at the time I was contemplating going back to contracting and the pay off left me sitting on a 12 month+ war chest. Not long after I landed a pretty sweet contract too so it was a good thing overall.

            I do feel genuinely sorry for the poor permie folks who were left behind, the outsourcing company took on some pretty awesome stuff that we had built and they really didn't understand any of it.


            Does seem these days that so called cost cutting costs in the end
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              #26
              ...

              Just write to Chris Grayling, MP, HoP, London

              He regularly gives £.5m chunks of work away immediately after promising them to the UK workforce,

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                #27
                Originally posted by kingcook View Post
                I do a similar thing but within the same country. Live up north, travel down to the south for the higher rates and deprive all southerners
                Ditto
                I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Pogle View Post
                  Ditto
                  And that makes for a very happy Guinea Pig

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by kingcook View Post
                    I do a similar thing but within the same country. Live up north, travel down to the south for the higher rates and deprive all southerners
                    Actually you don't.

                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View Post
                      So presumably you don't intend to pay tax in the UK either? May I ask why you cannot work in your country of residence?
                      I did stated that I have planed to open a company at UK which indicated that I will open a company at UK. Therefore, I will pay tax based on the UK's government requirement.

                      I am working in my own country and at the same time, I did have some small business going on as well.

                      Thanks

                      Last edited by dragon; 11 February 2013, 11:11.

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