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[SussexSeagull]

As you say, it's worth noting the HMRC won't actually come after you instead of the end client due to anything put in a contract....

[SussexSeagull]

Getting actual phone calls from actual agents about what seem to be actual contracts.

[SussexSeagull]

With most of what i do I could be in the office a lot to start with but most of the actual work could be done at home so could eventually settle into two or three days a week in the office. Problem is most working environments haven't got the wit to accommodate a contractor who, in the main, knows...

[SussexSeagull]

Kind of surprised by the 'school of hard knocks' and 'what can you do about it' approach people are adopting. A change in the law moved the risk to the end client. Pain in the backside though it is, it is the will of the democratically elected government and shouldn't be overridden by a clause in...

[SussexSeagull]

By lazy do you mean following government guidelines?...

[SussexSeagull]

So in summary none of us actually know.

[SussexSeagull]

I am not a legal expert in such matters - and if I was this hasn't been tested in court yet - but the point of the rule change is the end client are responsible. Can that be overruled in a contract?

As we all know investigations can happen years after the event by which time the employee/worker/contractor...

[SussexSeagull]

That might be the case but if so then be up front and say it is inside from the get go as opposed to go through the whole song and dance....

[SussexSeagull]

By clients deciding if they want to engage a contractor or an employee....

[SussexSeagull]

This sort of thing needs to be nipped in the bud before it becomes widespread. The assessment should be made up front then the dye is cast. If it leads to cautious assessments then that is one thing but they need to own the decision....

[SussexSeagull]

As said previously the industry is going through a phase of thinking it doesn't need dedicated testers. In times of trouble clients seem to retreat to a comfort zone of getting developers to do more and more analysis and testing, which isn't really their field and stops them developing.

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[SussexSeagull]

If it is an attempt to make contractors act more like external suppliers with a view to helping towards IR35 then well worth exploring. However being a tester I have been involved in too many projects that are already late before you have the chance to start test execution (and have seen developers...

[SussexSeagull]

Does stagger me that people think it is acceptable for clients to wriggle out of paying invoices.

Not really my field but go through the Dunning process. Good luck.

[SussexSeagull]

From a testing perspective I found the better developers who you found fewer problems with were the quiet ones who got on with it rather than the ones who talked a good game in meetings.

Rockstar? Really?

[SussexSeagull]

If I am being honest other than doing your job well there isn't that much you can do unless they have completely forgotten your end date. Generally speaking I have either gone when the project has finished or when someone decides they don't want to pay you anymore. In either instance no amount of...