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I think the OP is crediting the client/agency with joined up thinking they are not capable of. Just because it's hard to hire/onboard poeple, doesn't mean you have leverage. I have worked on plenty of large vendor projects where they bring in folks with no experience of whatever they're supposed to...
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At the risk of dragging this thread back on topic......
Clarity may have regained their FCSA membership, but I've just had an email from PSR/AMS to say that because of new legislation "which introduces ‘Joint and Several Liability’ within the umbrella industry" they're...
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TBH I'd just prefer to stay with Clarity, but it's a decision that's been taken off me. I really miss outside IR35 contracts where I'm not forced to be reliant on middlemen who may or may not be compliant with some random set of rules.
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Well I'm not sure how folks would get a referral fee/bonus from an Internet post. Seems like Paystream and NASA are both getting good reviews on the work slack channel too....
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PSR have ditched Clarity - any recommendations?
Well it's not looking good for Clarity. I'm currently working through PSR for a government client and they just contacted me to tell me that they note the FCSA accreditation was removed on 27th November, so they are no longer going to work with them, and unless folks request otherwise they'll transition...
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I've been running NAS for 20 years. I always buy whatever disks are cheapest. Think I've had 2 disks fail on me. Personally I use FreeNAS on a very old TS140 Lenovo desktop. FreeNAS uses ZFS under the covers, which means even if the hardware dies, I can just transplant the drives into any other box,...
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I read that. She's obviously got an axe to grind, but it does sort of explain some of his behaviour. Some pretty shocking stuff in there, like the banks giving him an allowance to keep up the pretence everything is going OK.
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