Is this the end of Tax Free Divis?

[cojak]

well i am only new to contracting but i have met at least 20 contractors in my career so far and not one of them was in it for anything other than the money....

Then ask them when they intend to jump back into permiedom, you might get a different answer.

[bobspud]

Then ask them when they intend to jump back into permiedom, you might get a different answer.

Its all about the money. People that say its not just don't know how to join the dots.

The 3 months off traveling last year: paid for by a £500 day rate for the previous 9 months...
Picking and choosing what projects you bother to get out of bed for: A luxury granted by the 20 grand left in the bank from the last job...

Deciding when and if you bother turning up today: Yeah? get real what do you think you are a plumber?? Try wandering in to a £25 million project as a senior staff member and telling them you plan to work 4 days a week for the next 6 months.

Being your own boss: You are _NEVER_ your own boss its just that the boss is replaced by a customer (hint: customers are worse than bosses, because they don't have to pay if they don't like what you did. )

Big industry want well skilled professionals that will build up and tear down a project as needed.
They don't want staff that need their noses wiped and their careers massaged.
They don't want a bench count.

Contractors want: Money and the freedom granted by it.
So they risk the sales cycle and their skills set against the market.

The last thing BIG Business wants is a massive increase of employees because the government want to make tax FAIR

[xoggoth]

Well said.

PS £500 a day? Obviously I hate you.