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  • dsc
    replied to State of the Market
    Absolutely no one gives two tulips that contractors who have been earning big bucks for the last 20yrs now suddenly can't find a job, get real. Also anyone over 50 will now struggle to land jobs as everyone is trying to cut costs and would rather take on grads and "train" them up than pay more...
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  • dsc
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    Switching to survival mode seems like a reasonable approach tbh, keep the bare minimum to maintain your infra and sack the rest. There's no investment in most industries anyway, so the main thing on managing minds is cutting costs. If tulip hits the fan they will just hire on a consultancy for the interim...
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  • dsc
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    I've seen similar "bare bones" approach done in the IT market as well, seems that companies are very very slow to replace people that leave, tryin to see if those who are still there can do the extra work.

    From the KPMG report:

    "[...]Last week's move on interest...
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  • dsc
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    What else have you got as a possibility? it's a job and it pays, so I'd take it and see what happens....
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  • dsc
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    You keep quoting people who have a vested interest, no tulip that he wants people to return to office considering 90% of places around offices rely on office workers for sales. If that's gone, then the business will soon follow, this is really a no brainer. Has nothing to do whether wfh is efficient...
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  • dsc
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    Wow this might actually be very interesting, basically means all bods need to be inside the UK, so any offshoring is practically finished....
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  • dsc
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    You do realise it might be a permanent shift and contracting is done for good or for the next 5-10years at least?...
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  • dsc
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    Very much this, I always found the UK odd in the sense that there was huge amounts of very average contractors easily landing contracts as there wasn't enough people on the market. Seems like the this era has come to an end, some probably managed to save themselves when IR35 were being changed and they...
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  • dsc
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    Wasn't it always similar to SC, where you cannot be outside the UK when doing work, so even if you get it in the UK, but leave, that's it? Was it different in the past, or are they now trying to make it work somehow?...
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  • dsc
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    I actually think a temp visa / entry allowance for business use is probably pretty easy (there's a very valid reason for entry), but as it's been said above, companies in the EU don't want the hassle (which often leads to a blanket ban on UK companies / EU citizens only small print)....
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  • dsc
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    Interesting to see this as a hybrid role, but the teams are virtual, my guess is that the projects are outsourced and they just want someone to control them from the office.

    Also: "Facilitate and coordinate agile ceremonies"

    do a little dance whilst at it ...
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  • dsc
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    Why the hell would anyone want to spend £30 a day for commute / food, then sweat your balls off on uber packed trains / tube just to feel like a part of something? go join a gym / runners club / mens club / church / local dance studio etc. and it might work out better and cheaper in the long run....
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  • dsc
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    Ah the age old:

    - can't get any good people
    - what's your budget?
    - ideally below 30k

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  • dsc
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    Depends on the type of work you do, hybrid is still the norm I'd say. If you are client facing then office based makes sense, if you are doing some basement based IT tulip and never even talk to people, what difference does it make?...
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  • dsc
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    Imho consultancies are on different rules, they will be allowed to work remotely as they operate more like an actual "contractor" ie. someone who does a set amount of work, so doubt it matters where their workers are located. They can always bring in a lead eng to the office and keep the rest...
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  • dsc
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    Sorry to say that is simply not true, I'd say that a large majority of jobs ads I looked at in the last 6 months have all been hybrid with varying amount of days required in the office. There's still people with fully remote positions (me included) but those often started back in the Covid days when...
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  • dsc
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    Oh but it is, but on a different front, they need to assure the financial world that they will tackle the massive budget deficit, otherwise you'll soon have a repeat of the gilt % feck up we've seen recently. It's either tax rises or cuts, both of which can't really work in the current scenario but...
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  • dsc
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    Anyone who believes Reform will tackle immigration is delusional, just like Brexit hasn't done anything to migration, just swapped EU for Asia and even ramped up the numbers. In a country which runs on immigration and cheap labour saying that you will "tackle" immigration can't be more st...
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  • dsc
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    The bit I don't get is how all stock markets are going up to the sky, historical highs being registered yet there seems to be absolutely nothing happening in terms of projects / work. Seems like the only reason stocks are going up is...well because they are going up. More and more people buying them,...
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  • dsc
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    Oh but I am not saying bringing more people in is a good idea, I'm just looking at it from a gov perspective, they need more people in to sustain the retirement system, otherwise who is going to pay for the current 30-40s retirement? Besides, you can get two min wage jobs and "live", so where's...
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