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Payment delay as agency cannot charge client due to know events
If the payments have been prompt to this point, I wouldn't jump into debt collection for 1-2 weeks of payment delay that hasn't even occurred yet. If the agency isn't getting paid form the end clients and have cash flow problems it's understandable in the current climate. Be glad that you are...- sal
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- Forum: Coronavirus Assistance
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State of the Market
Technical role, infrastructure engineering/architecture. Current job is bog standard infrastructure engineer 50/50 BAU/Project work, which tops at about £80k, but the organization is growing and there is a good potential to move into technical architecture which tops at about £90k. All 3 roles...- sal
- Post #3,673
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Face masks
We got 20 masks from Screwfix at the start of the panic buying. Used about 5 thus far, keeping the used ones in a sealed bag, supposedly the virus dies in 2-3 days on it's own so they are self-sterilizing sort of speak. The main goal of using low grade masks by the public is not so much to stop... -
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State of the Market
Back on topic: Finished my last contract at the end of February. First half of March was promising, even though there were like 1-2 roles Outside IR35 per day I managed to get a couple of interviews two of them with former clients, which kept me optimistic. Fast forward to second half of...- sal
- Post #3,668
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Antibody tests
To begin with they are the only ones being tested currently anyway. Taking a cheek swap is trivial, there are plenty of examples like DNA test kits etc. There might be some higher degree of complexity in securing a suspected contagious Covid19 sample, but nothing that can't be adapted for the... -
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Do you believe you'd survive Covid-19
Where is the option "I already kicked it's arse, but it wasn't pretty"? Pretty sure the whole family beat it already with a various degrees of suffering. Can't be sure without anti-body test though -
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Antibody tests
It's mindboggling they haven't done this already (not via Amazon per say). The majority of the NHS workers should be more than capable of taking their own swab test, why are they forced to drive miles often impaired by symptoms then queue for hours for a drive-through test, instead of getting a... -
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State of the Market
The goal of the lockdown is to allow expansion of healthcare capacity to allow the 50% of the ICU survivors to get ICU bed and get the 50% chance of survival in the first place, not to save the 50% that die even on ventilator, they are screwed either way. It might sound brutal, but this is the...- sal
- Post #3,666
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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COVID-19 Remote Interviews/Gigs: 'MS Teams', Skype Or Something Else ?
The fact is that Teams is effectively free for most large enterprises that are firmly in MSFT's grip, even if it's inferior to Zoom (which it really isn't, or at least not in a significant way) it's hard to beat "free"- sal
- Post #16
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Panic buying
On one hand you have advice to stay put or even self isolate, in the other you are not supposed to stockpile food, how is this supposed to work? You can get a delivery slot for any supermarket and even if you have one there is no guarantee they will deliver even half of your order? So it's no... -
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Are DSS people now a protected group?
Even car will be useless as security unless it's a £10k+ as debt enforcement and auction fees it will eat a couple of £1000s. Not many skint tenants with expensive non-leased cars. Making them bankrupt for non-payment of rent will have zero effect. The ones that are sponging the system couldn't... -
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Coronavirus Paid leave
If you can't easily afford 2 weeks without pay, I would strongly suggest you exit contracting ASAP and go to "secure" permanent employment. Can't comment on all skill sets, but for me it makes zero sense to accept inside IR35 gig at the "old" market rates, as I can get perm role with the same... -
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Are DSS people now a protected group?
If councils are allowed to again borrow money to build homes, it will be cheaper for them to build houses and blocks of flats instead of subsidising rent for private tenancies. Definitely cheaper than replacing stock sold via right to buy, by buying at market prices. The building cost of a flat... -
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Contracting and taxes in Netherlands
Red lights district...- sal
- Post #19
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Contract in Netherlands via French Agency
I would be enquiring about a payroll / PAYE type of arrangement where you don't have liability for tax falling on you. Expat forums are better source of info on working abroad.- sal
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
