Benched and current climate

[zara_backdog]

Is "they" the agency's?

Agencies and Incat who are Tata's IT ( they are an IT Outsource company)

Mind you - rates were bad there BA £20-24 per hour, Senior PM £38

[Spacecadet]

Your apostrophe malarkey really has to stop!

I'll restrict it to any conversations involving Sasguru and his eagle apostrophe seeking eyes

[Spacecadet]

Mind you - rates were bad there BA £20-24 per hour, Senior PM £38

Most BA and BI roles I've seen advertised over the past couple of weeks are in that range.
Luckily for me BI is a fall back plan

[Xenophon]

Luckily for me BI is a fall back plan

Bold move, mate.

Going bi is a big step, but if it pays the bills, then fair enough.

Remember to rubber up.

[Spacecadet]

Bold move, mate.

Going bi is a big step, but if it pays the bills, then fair enough.

Remember to rubber up.

I'm just trying to double my market penetration

[Xenophon]

I'm just trying to double my market penetration

*short drum roll*

*cymbal*

[DiscoStu]

this is my point - the pedantic english teachers remind me of the tulipe Ive had to work with where they assume they need to get paid a good rate but in all honesty are no longer good at their jobs.

Next year will be about who is better - its simple. Similar to 2001 - if you werent good you were on the Bench - if you was you wasnt! Simple.

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

[Spacecadet]

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

I think you should make that plan A and drop all IT contracting immediately

Let me know who your current client is, I'll offer to take over your contract

[Liability]

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

Ill sign up! As long as you can be my teacher as you'll no doubt be benched based on the aforementioned. Deal?

[DiscoStu]

I think you should make that plan A and drop all IT contracting immediately

Let me know who your current client is, I'll offer to take over your contract

Certainly. Before I do, however, I'll need two references to ensure you're a suitable candidate.