Why contracting is good only in the UK-US?

[milanbenes]

to be clear,

Franko = the font of all knowledge

Milan.

[Not So Wise]

I would not include US in good for contracting category, between the big consultancies (who were one of the main backers of IR35 over here so they could "compete" with local contractors) and the general lack of employment rights/protections I would say the contracting market is rather small, actually when taken into context of the size of the US market, it's tiny

[darmstadt]

For my skillset, mainland Europe (primarily the norther countries) is on average €80-€100 per hour, UK is €40-€60 per hour (can be more depending on certain skills, but not much) and the US is $35-$75 per hour. Not much to decide then really.

[milanbenes]

no Darmstadt !

you don't seem to get it

Franko is the expert (kind of slowly replacing AtW as the expert of everything)

and what Franko says must be correct

If you don't believe me, just read his BMer's thread and you will be enlightened

Milan.

[Churchill]

Francko is on your ignore list because he knows **** all about **** all.

[milanbenes]

I shouldn't, but I will,

ROTFLMFAO,

it was the smiley what did it :-)

Milan.

[Francko]

to be clear,

Franko = the font of all knowledge

Milan.

Milan, you are right. Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign people go to work to London for the food and for the weather.

Darmstad, I understand your point but perhaps you are more of an exception then a rule (or perhaps it's a long time you haven't been actively looking in the UK?).

[milanbenes]

Franko,

have you ever wondered to yourself, maybe I am wrong ?

You question Darmstadt's knowledge on the subject of rates in his area and ask if he has been a long time away from the UK yet you forget that on jobserve one can do searches against the UK or Europe and it only good practive for a contractor to compare the respective rates for his skill set and know where the market is.

A word of advice, perhaps, and this is only a guess, perhaps you would be more successful yourself if you would open your mind and listen to the feedback of others. Just a feeling I am getting from watching this and other recent threads.

All the best old chap,

Milan.

[Methuselah]

Milan, you are right. Every year hundreds of thousands of foreign people go to work to London for the food and for the weather.

True!

Food? Paris is superior for Cuisine Française, and possibly Moroccan; in any other, you can find better in London. Some you just can't find in Paris.

Weather? Rainfall in L/sq. m: Paris 641, London 599.
Rainy days per year: Paris 75, London 70.
(source: Metéo-France)

[OwlHoot]

Maybe things would be different had France come in on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Different for a week or two, until HMS Warrior steamed up to the French fleet and blew it to matchwood

HMS Warrior was to be the fastest, largest and most powerful warship in the world and was launched on 29th December 1860. The ship was considered to be an impregnable floating fortress and made all other warships in the world obselete.

Edit: Mind you, maybe that's a bit simplistic because Britain also had slight leanings towards the Confederacy on account of the cotton trade. Caused quite a bit of hard feeling with the US for years after the American Civil War (1860 - 1865), particularly the Alabama Claims