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Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting

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    #11
    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    I am the best - Is 1K CHF realistic?
    Yes, I was asked to move recently I asked for 1200.
    Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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      #12
      Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
      Which 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
      What's the matter, struggling to make ends meet on your current £1k a day?

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        #13
        Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
        Which 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
        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.
        Last edited by Fred Bloggs; 6 August 2011, 15:06.
        Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
        Officially CUK certified - Thick as f**k.

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          #14
          Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
          How much do zurich contracts pay?
          They pay well. I am not complaining.
          "Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."

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            #15
            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.


            I'm alright Jack

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              #16
              Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
              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.


              Have we got rid of him yet?
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #17
                Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                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.


                But only after you have been here for 1 year.
                Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
                  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.


                  But who can live on that in CH?
                  "Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View Post
                    But who can live on that in CH?
                    You can live expensive or you can live cheap in CH, choice is yours.

                    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.

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                      #20
                      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.

                      3 months later they announced a building program that would have kept me billing for 15 years!

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