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This is exactly it. The numbers might be tiny in the Indian context but are absolutely huge in the UK context.

Even a tiny fraction of the working age population in India being incentivised to migrate overseas is enough to cause significant change. And they are incentivised and they are...

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Talent-wise, I'm pretty sure the US ranks far higher on attractiveness for skilled immigrants than most other western countries. And the salaries are definitely much higher with lower income taxes.

Indians now make up the largest source of immigrants to the UK, Australia and Canada. Not...

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I don't know what the squiggly lines mean, and the commas/decimals seem to be in the wrong places, but still looks like 1/3-1/4 of UK tech salaries. Along with their population of many tens of millions of "techies" (even a fraction of that is enough to flood the UK labour market), that's plenty...

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The median monthly salary in India is £270. The equivalent in the UK is £2,250. If the cost of living in India is the same as the UK (it isn’t) then it must be a terrible place with that kind of median income.

Don’t kid yourself, millions of young Indians (and other south Asians)...

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Astonishing. I can’t believe that there’s an actual debate about a 70 hour work week triggered by Rishi’s father-in-law spouting off on a podcast
“So, therefore, my request is that our youngsters must say, 'This is my country. I'd like to work 70 hours a week”

Someone should ask Rishi...

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Are you sure you don’t want to wait around until the India trade-and-visas deal is signed? According to the govt, that’s going to turbocharge our growth.

Here’s the latest wheeze on the visa front
https://www.gov.uk/india-young-profe...ls-scheme-visa...

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You’re right. The labour market stats put out by ONS are acknowledged (by themselves and others) to be probably unrepresentative. Their labour market survey (which informs the stats) response rates were around 50% 10 years ago and now around 15%.

They are in the process of overhauling...

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In the heady days of cost-free capital pre-Covid, I did a contract (outside-IR35 but in reality just a flexible SLT resource) with a Fintech firm with offices in Aldgate. Free lunch, weekly masseuse visits, the lot. They were constantly hiring and as part of the role I’d be involved in some of the...

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I had similar with my previous client (PS dept) who would mail out the laptop only on day 1 on the contract. Delivery was delayed due to weather so I only got it on day 4. Billed and paid from day 1.

Of course, that’s the govt with access to the taxpayer magic-money tree so might not...

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IME, not common practice at this early stage.

But, like estate-agents towards buyers in red-hot property markets, the leeway that agents/employers have to be unreasonable is high when the market is as it is now.

If it’s a good gig and I really want it, I’d just go with...

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100%. This is going to be increasingly prevalent on all staff laptops in the coming years, especially among the more bureaucratic large cos where they like managing by spreadsheet.

Even prior to Covid, an American VC funded fintech startup that I did a stint at at had tools which gave ‘productivity...

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Had similar (last 5 years!) after starting my new contract at an Insurance co. recently and a few years ago when I did a contract for a fintech startup. Never at the interview stage, that's a bit much.

The form (third party background screening company) I did recently asked for agency details...

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Number 2 I just assume JLR, have a mate who works there and desperate to leave because they are being forced into office more than originally planned (their issue is a biggish commute more than office time) + Indian ownership.
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JLR/Tata...

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Thank you for sharing, that’s very interesting.

I was recently in the market for a new contract and started a contract with a mid-sized insurance firm recently. It was advertised as Hybrid-northern town but in reality it’s a remote with travel to their office once every couple of months...

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Yup, that’s how I treated it as well - “Come to the office... any office!” as per the thread title.

No comment on the discussion on Thales or whatever (probably) overpriced (quite likely) snouts-in-the-trough taxpayer-funded contract their lobbyists and HoC "consultants" might...

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It’s actually quite liberal in what it allows. Just keep the following in mind -

- As a Director, you are entitled to provide an annual event (or multiple events) for yourself, any employees, and your partner, and put it through as a cost to co. as long as it does not exceed £150 (inc...