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[SussexSeagull]

At least you don't have to do quarterly appraisals.

[SussexSeagull]

I have been into an office twice since lockdown without actually going out of my way to have that arrangement so am perfectly aware of the joys of it but the contracts I am in discussions with now mainly seem to involve some visits to the office varying from a couple off times a week to once in a blue...

[SussexSeagull]

If people don't want to go to an office and can find work that allows them to do that then fine. However there is someone I connected with in LinkedIn for some reason I can't remember who is obviously getting a bit desperate to find a new contract but mentions he doesn't want to go into an office unless...

[SussexSeagull]

Just in time to wind down for Christmas....

[SussexSeagull]

Phone has started ringing again. Hopefully this time round it leads to something.

[SussexSeagull]

It's great that there are (on paper at least) suitable contracts available for your skillset but getting from seeing an advert on Jobserve to starting a contract can be a long journey where you encounter many setbacks. I am a tester rather than a developer so maybe a different experience but I consider...

[SussexSeagull]

Practically all the agencies I have gone on to get a contract through are fine. It's the ones that send me generic e-mails for roles that I am plainly not qualified for that are the problem.

[SussexSeagull]

It certainly needs something to happen....

[SussexSeagull]

I imagine the client's logic is that if they can't get hold of the agent to relay the message then, perish the thought, they might have to pay an extra day if they are honouring notice (which to be fair has always been the case when it has happened to me so far)....

[SussexSeagull]

Always slightly surprises me that agents don't serve notice then tell you there is no work for the remainder of the notice period so don't bother coming in to totally remove this question.

I agree with the others you are unlikely to get it but I suppose you could try and invoice for the...

[SussexSeagull]

Thinking about it the only contracts I have got near of late have been from established firms and not start ups. Might explain part of my (and others) woes finding a new contract.

[SussexSeagull]

I worked with a start up (well they had actually been going a few years but behaved like a start up, but I digress) and it was fun in as much as they adopted technology quite early but getting paid by them was painful and they acted like they were doing me a favour when they did.

Nothing...

[SussexSeagull]

So they wouldn't employ a male Muslim?...

[SussexSeagull]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64876657

Regardless of one's views on Covid Vaccinations they are only being offered to over 75s so I don't see how an employee can insist on them now.

[SussexSeagull]

Can we not turn this into a theatre of the culture war as there are a million other places to do that on the internet?

Anyone under 50 without a medical reason or being a carer wasn't offered a booster over the winter so presumably the immunity someone like me who had all three on offer...

[SussexSeagull]

Just because your first contract is worth x amount it doesn't mean to say subsequent ones will be worth the same (although obviously they can go up) so any financial comparison is vague at best long term.

You do have to prepare yourself for the fact that contracting can be a lonely experience....

[SussexSeagull]

Never been asked, although I have overwhelmingly WFH since lockdown it is slightly academic.

[SussexSeagull]

Don't get me wrong, I assume it is only a matter of time....

[SussexSeagull]

I did actually get quite close to getting a FTC. TBH the money was quite agreeable....

[SussexSeagull]

Oddly I have yet to have an inside contract, although I have also been out of work since late October so swings and roundabouts!