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Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting
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What's the matter, struggling to make ends meet on your current £1k a day?Originally posted by DeludedAussie View PostWhich Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting
Specifically which industry (at the moment) allows for very little time off between contracts and also pays top dollar
I am seeing one year contracts @650 a day at the moment on Jobserve in oil / gas
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O&G pays top dollar if you work for an operator. £600 to £700 per day is typical for London, a bit less for Aberdeen. Operators like day rates, contracting co's usually pay by the hour. Oil services contractor co's pay a bit less, up to about £65 per hour in London, a bit lower in Aberdeen. By far the best rates at the moment in the world are in Australia where AUD1500/day is often paid. Process Engineers usually get the highest rates along with the likes of Drilling Engineers but those guys are often out in the desert or some god forsaken place.Originally posted by DeludedAussie View PostWhich Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting
Specifically which industry (at the moment) allows for very little time off between contracts and also pays top dollar
I am seeing one year contracts @650 a day at the moment on Jobserve in oil / gasLast edited by Fred Bloggs; 6 August 2011, 15:06.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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They pay well. I am not complaining.Originally posted by DeludedAussie View PostHow much do zurich contracts pay?"Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Not only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.
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Have we got rid of him yet?Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostNot only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.
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But only after you have been here for 1 year.Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostNot only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.
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But who can live on that in CH?Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostNot only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.
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You can live expensive or you can live cheap in CH, choice is yours.Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View PostBut who can live on that in CH?
I have saved a lot in the past year, but plan to spend it traveling Nov.- March.
Will need a job when I get back, hope there has not been a further melt down by then.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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I think anything involving nuclear power is fairly lucrative. I had a job interview (trainee nuclear engineer) with BNFL a few years back. Got offered the gig but turned it down.
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