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Last Activity: 1 October 2025, 08:59
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  • dsc
    replied to State of the Market
    Lego in Denmark does it all the time, there's constantly some form of reducing costs / redundancy program in place so no one can be sure of their position. This is of course to force people to not rock the boat and be grateful that they have a position. Absolutely soul destroying....
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  • dsc
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    It is often easier to just lay low and do nothing for years, if that's what you fancy. Especially attractive if the pay package isn't half bad and your manager isn't a psycho, suits some people, lets be honest. And also you don't stick out like a sore thumb for charging £800-£1000 per day, especially...
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  • dsc
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    Not sure it's Brexit, from what I've seen it's always been hard to land work in Germany without some level of German (even job ads in English often have German listed as a requirement)....
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  • dsc
    replied to State of the Market
    It's worth noting that HMRC most likely does see this as "destroying" the contracting industry, they see this as a win, the whole idea behind the legislation was to reduce outside contracts. Now whether reduced income from outside contracts vs what they get from the increased amount of inside...
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  • dsc
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    Hey, some say Barrow-in-Furness is lovely in spring....
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