Reply to: State of the Market

[WTFH]

As anyone got any of those bar charts which show what the current market is like compared to previous years please?

I have seen no improvment in 12mths. Its dead. Been 2+ yrs now. 2019 was the last big outside contract I had for an investment bank.

The market in the UK has been struggling since 2016 - which is when this thread started. Some of the posters with short term memory issues think the downturn started in 2024 and everything was perfect before then.
2016: Global Markets nervous about Brexit
2020: Brexit happens, businesses uncertain of the way ahead
2020: Covid
2022: 3 prime ministers in one year (including Liz Truss)
2024: Labour come to power, run by leadership who are way to the right of Margaret Thatcher, but to some they are "communists".

The last time the UK was a strong country was the Olympics in 2012, when we got behind athletes not based on politics, skin colour, sexuality or religion, over the last decade everything has been about dividing the country, it's us v them. The populists have done a great job of finding who to blame for everything, and realising that stirring up hatred is a wonderful way of making money.

[WTFH]

Definitely the insinuation.

You went from "accusation" to "insinuation".
Maybe brush up on your interpersonal techniques and getting that elusive job on the Costa Blanca in a genuine Irish Bar serving English Breakfast all day to the immigrants and lager louts might just happen for you.

You are a rather offensive little man.

[SchumiStars]

As anyone got any of those bar charts which show what the current market is like compared to previous years please?

I have seen no improvment in 12mths. Its dead. Been 2+ yrs now. 2019 was the last big outside contract I had for an investment bank.

[sadkingbilly]

The irony being that while he's ranting and raving about immigrants in the UK, he's living in Spain. Beyond parody.

Must be a troll account or some sort of social experiment by Viz.

or the return of Vetty!
Aaaaarrrrgh!

[SussexSeagull]

I am tempted to say we are getting off topic but in a roundabout way this is all quite relevant. I know people's on-line personas tend to be exaggerated and the contract market is in, potentially terminal, decline but it doesn't exist in a vacumn and values and behaviours evolve as much as technical skills do. With Inside Contracts and FTC in the ascendancy you can't be semi detached from the people you work with anymore.

[ensignia]

Don't doubt the ability of the white late working age men's ability to consume misinformation and bad media to end up like the very people you mention posting here. Sad really. Better to ignore them, just as we do in the working world.

The irony being that while he's ranting and raving about immigrants in the UK, he's living in Spain. Beyond parody.

Must be a troll account or some sort of social experiment by Viz.

[agentzero]

The Reform loving boomers in this thread are pitiful. Would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

Don't doubt the ability of the white late working age men's ability to consume misinformation and bad media to end up like the very people you mention posting here. Sad really. Better to ignore them, just as we do in the working world.

[agentzero]

Referring to a person by her name now deemed to be sexist!?

Ladies and gentlemen, part of the UK’s problem right here!!

Being derogatory to a woman by giving her a job title she doesn't do, to try and suggest she is less intelligent than she is, is considered sexist if you wouldn't do it to a man. Searched through your posts using a search engine and you haven't done that with Jeremy Hunt, Sunak, or any chancellor. No search results. Other chancellors have worked in jobs as they grew up yet you wouldn't demote them. The issue here for you is that the current chancellor is a woman.

I hope you don't get a contract until you sort your head out. It is obvious from your many, many posts in this thread that you have obvious personal problems that you have yet to sort out. But sure, it's everybody else's fault I bet. Maybe the problem really is you and your general attitude?

[oliverson]

No, you read the post. The person making said that THEY had be banned cor casual sexism, not that you were guilty of it.
You were not accused by anyone of sexism
You're obsessed with the chancellor of the exchequer, blaming her for everything and being unable to even say her name. It makes it sound like you are a sad little incel following the teachings of Tate, Trump, Farage and Ten names.

Definitely the insinuation. Unavoidable.

The sooner the west is rescued from this liberal communist mindset the better.

I hope Trump sues the tulip out of the BBC and it goes under, as their 'contribution' to the demise of this country and the natives within it is shameful. Resigning isn't enough, these people should be hung!

[fatJock]

Sounds like EDF. I've heard from other contractors it's a bit of a nightmare there.

Nah .. not EDF but they're a customer though

[WTFH]

Condescending it may be, and I'm glad it is, but the orginal accusation was sexism. Read the post.

No, you read the post. The person making said that THEY had be banned cor casual sexism, not that you were guilty of it.
You were not accused by anyone of sexism
You're obsessed with the chancellor of the exchequer, blaming her for everything and being unable to even say her name. It makes it sound like you are a sad little incel following the teachings of Tate, Trump, Farage and Ten names.

[ensignia]

Sort of with you on that - I think Reform will be awful, but maybe our established political classes need to have a wrecking ball thrown at them. A reset of the system and we can build something better on the other side.

There is no way in hell they can deport 1 million people - where will they send them? But they can revoke IR35! Like you, I feel we haven't got much to lose.

The Reform loving boomers in this thread are pitiful. Would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

[Cookielove]

Condescending it may be, and I'm glad it is, but the orginal accusation was sexism. Read the post.

As the for insult, oh yes, absolutely. I wish I could meet her in person so I could insult her to her face for the absolute charlatan she is. Some people have short memories. What was it last time, £ 40 billion to fix some black hole largely of her own making with a promise it was a one off and she wouldn't be coming back for me? Remember that on the 26th of this month and remember it again when you’re m paying dividends clobbered by an increase in dividend tax. And the rest.

Spot on.

She is destroying businesses small and large, she will drive out business even more if she starts on dividends. I despise her she comes across as cold, hard and calculating. She has zero actually less than zero redeeming features.

I’ve said before we have family in Leeds near her constituency she is a sham …people that worked with her said she is in a job way beyond her expertise. Torsten 🔔end is doing the leg work she is the mouth piece.

One positive although it’s not much help given the destruction they are causing - they will never be in power again or not in most of our lifetimes.

[oliverson]

First off, that's not her name. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Rachel Reeves (i.e. only one "a" in her first name).

More to the point, "Rachel from accounts" is obviously a condescending term. I believe it started after she exaggerated on LinkedIn, i.e. claiming to have worked as an economist when she actually worked in customer services at a bank.

I don't think it's inherently sexist to criticise a female politician, anymore than it's inherently racist to criticise a black politician. However, you should at least admit that you're insulting her, rather than playing innocent and saying "I'm just referring to her by her name, what's wrong with that?"

Condescending it may be, and I'm glad it is, but the orginal accusation was sexism. Read the post.

As the for insult, oh yes, absolutely. I wish I could meet her in person so I could insult her to her face for the absolute charlatan she is. Some people have short memories. What was it last time, £ 40 billion to fix some black hole largely of her own making with a promise it was a one off and she wouldn't be coming back for me? Remember that on the 26th of this month and remember it again when your paying dividends clobbered by an increase in dividend tax. And the rest.

[hobnob]

Just seen Rachael from accounts on the TV peddling more bad news to come, resulting in the pound dropping in value. That's going to be good for business eh?

Referring to a person by her name now deemed to be sexist!?
Ladies and gentlemen, part of the UK’s problem right here!!

First off, that's not her name. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is Rachel Reeves (i.e. only one "a" in her first name).

More to the point, "Rachel from accounts" is obviously a condescending term. I believe it started after she exaggerated on LinkedIn, i.e. claiming to have worked as an economist when she actually worked in customer services at a bank.

I don't think it's inherently sexist to criticise a female politician, anymore than it's inherently racist to criticise a black politician. However, you should at least admit that you're insulting her, rather than playing innocent and saying "I'm just referring to her by her name, what's wrong with that?"