Reply to: State of the Market

[SchumiStars]

He can't have the Penny and the Bun by backing America First then turning round and calling American workers lazy.

No idea what he was trying to achieve with that post, only reading what's been posted above TBF.

Perhaps, the US are also encouraging immigration, seems to be a big money earner for the UK, so would expect the same in the US.

Although I know little of how politics works. I just assumed that we were all effectively batteries quite similar the view portrayed by the The Matrix, whereby we are here to provide the government with as much cash as we can.

I.e. Even the application process would attract fees.

[SussexSeagull]

There was a big boxing day thread on X/Twitter.

Musk posted about a massive skills shortage in IT.

However he was using code words like shortage of 'Motivated workers', meaning he thinks US workers aren't as motivated as legal tech sector visa workers.

By this he really meant US workers don't want to work for long hours for low end pay.

But his MAGA fanbase turned on him for wanting to hire cheap Jeets (US terms for Bobs) while native US IT workers are struggling to find work.

Others pointed out that if there is such as large shortage of talent then why were tech firms doing layoffs.

Then Musk backtracked and said he was only talking about the shortage of top 0.1% of talent.

A wake up call for Musk.

He can't have the Penny and the Bun by backing America First then turning round and calling American workers lazy.

[Fraidycat]

There was a big boxing day thread on X/Twitter.

Musk posted about a massive skills shortage in IT.

However he was using code words like shortage of 'Motivated workers', meaning he thinks US workers aren't as motivated as legal tech sector visa workers.

By this he really meant US workers don't want to work for long hours for low end pay.

But his MAGA fanbase turned on him for wanting to hire cheap Jeets (US terms for Bobs) while native US IT workers are struggling to find work.

Others pointed out that if there is such as large shortage of talent then why were tech firms doing layoffs.

Then Musk backtracked and said he was only talking about the shortage of top 0.1% of talent.

A wake up call for Musk.

[SussexSeagull]

What jobs are you applying for, if you don't mind me asking?

They approached me on LinkedIn but it is doing some Test Consultancy work.

[sadkingbilly]

Hum Ba Bug

[SchumiStars]

Merry Christmas.

[scarter1]

Just had an interview for a very good rate.

No idea if I will get it and wouldn't start until the new year regardless but goes to prove you should keep going during December.

What jobs are you applying for, if you don't mind me asking?

[SussexSeagull]

Just had an interview for a very good rate.

No idea if I will get it and wouldn't start until the new year regardless but goes to prove you should keep going during December.

[oliverson]

you don't even Live here do you? just another greedy self centered Tory.
nothing to see here.......

What do you mean I don't even live here? The UK is my main home. I spend 'some' time abroad each year if that's what you mean?

[oliverson]

Objectively though the market has gone tougher overall, way less outside roles, the IR35 changes did the damage and other factors like interest rates / brexit etc. also played a part. Regardless of how good of a role you are in now and how lucky you were before, there's no denying currently the market is tulipe and will probably stay like this for a while.

I'm not denying the market is currently dreadful, I even posted on some thread, probably this one, that it really doesn't matter if you're not the one on the bench.

[Snooky]

The tories were not able to clean up the mess made by New labour the 13 years before that

So despite having 3 terms, the Tories weren't competent enough to get the country back on an even keel? Is that what you're telling us?

[Snooky]

Brexit! Jeez. Next you'll be saying Ukraine, Trump, blah, blah.

The reality is there's no growth, no business confidence, no future while this government of utter incompetence are calling the shots. NONE.

Spot on! Everything was just peachy before July, all those people who've now been on the bench 12 months were happily contracting and making loadsamoney.

Oh.....hang on

[Snooky]

Maybe due to doing more than less more often the times I get away with less never really get mentioned.

I've reads this sentence 3 times and I still don't understand it

[Fraidycat]

You don't half talk nonsense. You just sound bitter and twisted. Of course Brexit has had a big impact on things. If you don't think so then you obviously voted to leave and are deluded. And regarding Labour. For what it's worth I was a Tory voter all my life. Didn't vote for them after the Brexit fiasco or since. Highly unlikely I will ever vote for them again after the mess they have caused over the last 14 years. Which labour have to tidy up.

The tories were not able to clean up the mess made by New labour the 13 years before that. No chance that this lot will clean up the 27 year old mess. The UK is in managed decline. High taxes and low growth is all we have to look forward to now.

[SussexSeagull]

Here we go again. I am all for adapting but when there are next to no roles to go round then then it is of limited impact.

As for the government, the Conservatives were in for 14 years (including the coalition years) and Labour have been in for five months. I am not convinced matters have improved since July but it early days.