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[SchumiStars]

Not everything has to yeild a financial benefit. I understand this seems to be a big driver for people on here.

At the time I was running marathons, trying to get faster. Finding inspirational people to learn and build from is not as easy as it sounds.

People in offices have...

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I disagree. WFH is good for some people. But I like being in an office and working. Some days when there was little to do, I could go for a longer run, attempt to chat up the PAs and engage with various other people.

I have met some brilliant people just at the kitchen or coffee machine....

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e4lyz77jqo

Well that's encouraging, that is if they do build it. I do.feel.thag WFH, is one of main contributors to the downturn.

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Outside rates also mean + vat. Anyone with a PA is not on this bulletin board I would imagine....

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Of course you did. £500k per year.

The people I have met at 300/400k per year are normally director C level who have a PA organising their lives for them.

BS on here is next level. I don't understand it. It's not like we know who anyone is. Hiding behind usernames.
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What do you want to do when you leave school?

I wanna be an influencer.

Innit...

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Right, just bought myself some B&W P8 S2 headphones and a holiday in KSA for me and the Mrs.

Getting out of London might be the ticket

Market is dead. Will always be dead from this point forward. There is no recovery. It will be an official 3yrs in March
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That graph does not look right. This is the worst I have seen it. I have been working since 1999 and contracting since 2008.

I have been thinking, saying, looking at getting a government grant to learn how to become a teacher. The wife has been studying for another degree at Oxford for...

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Not the ones from India/off-shore. They normally have a queue of people wanting to work for peanuts and a visa in my experience.

The only problem with that is, when they get their visas they become a contractor. So now we have even more competition from the consultancies and new contractors....

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Had a nice chat with a recruiter this morning. Everyone is in agreement, that this is the worst job market in decades.

Talked to him about why the banks were not hiring and it seems they can avoid hiring contractors (IR35) by just outsourcing the work to consultancies on the same rate but...

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As anyone got any of those bar charts which show what the current market is like compared to previous years please?

I have seen no improvment in 12mths. Its dead. Been 2+ yrs now. 2019 was the last big outside contract I had for an investment bank.

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You take both....

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250miles this week on the bike
4 gym sessions

1 interview for next week. ...