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Recent content by mace
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General Long term Erosion of Contract market
Indian salaries will take a few years to match UK ones, but it would probably start to lose it's competitiveness when they're half a UK workers. Currently glassdoor.com shows a goldman sachs analyst role in Bangalore at base salary of £19k, whilst you'd be talking £70-80k in London, so it's...- mace
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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General Long term Erosion of Contract market
Interesting idea that we should a lot jobs to foreigners based on how many of their grandparents were killed by other nation's granddads. The past is another country.- mace
- Post #44
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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General Long term Erosion of Contract market
As I understand it, food prices are rocketing up nowadays because China, in particular, has got richer and their population are demanding more meat in their diet and meat requires a much greater farmed acreage than vegetables (as the animals eat a lot). Although, there may be acres of green...- mace
- Post #43
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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General Long term Erosion of Contract market
You must be up north somewhere, or Wales. Foreigners still have taste.- mace
- Post #42
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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The Banks Win...:(
2 things that annoy me about being charged for an overdraft:- 1. I've made a mistake transferring funds between my current and savings accounts and been charged for being overdrawn. 2. The banks administer the overdraft charge on 1 account whilst I have thousands of pounds in another account... -
Any patrons of Dirty Dick's out there?
You'll never find a seat, so if you don't like standing go to the Pitcher & Piano -
When the tulip hits the fan
It's early days, there's bound to be a few "accidents" -
When the tulip hits the fan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6560971/Man-uses-remote-to-control-his-bionic-bottom.html You need a new kind of PM -
Best way to heat a single room?
Tramps Tramps You should learn from them mate. Newspapers down your shirt, scruffy mongrel & a bottle of meths will keep you warm. -
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Fair or unfair?
A lot of financial contracts aren't that straightforward and most likely an advisor steered them clear of checking the small print too thoroughly -
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BA Interview
You've got to be urbane to nail a BA role. i.e. invest in an expensive looking suit and keep your language strictly business. If it's all suits you can make patronising comments about techies but they might sneak in an architect who could take offence. -
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