Reply to: Lorien contracts and IR35 at a well known bank.

[quackhandle]

And there is a lot of 'em.

Yup, I must have asked say a dozen contractors at current client site if they got their contracts checked.

Only one said yes.

And many of those had been contracting for 5+ years.

qh

[northernladuk]

Is that what your accountant told you, or is that your own unqualified opinion?

Not sure. Let me ask my accountant.

[WordIsBond]

That's the best bit of advice I give

Is that what your accountant told you, or is that your own unqualified opinion?

[northernladuk]

Velvet fist in an iron glove. He's an adorable big eyed puppy when you get to know him.

NLUK tells people what they don't want to hear when they need to hear it, with delightful acerbic wit. Just ignore the ask your accountant oneman meme.

That's the best bit of advice I give

[clearedforlanding]

Hate to admit this...but he's an iron fist in a velvet glove - he (irritatingly) tends to post relevant, correct and informative stuff (along worth the drivel)

Velvet fist in an iron glove. He's an adorable big eyed puppy when you get to know him.

NLUK tells people what they don't want to hear when they need to here it, with delightful acerbic wit. Just ignore the ask your accountant oneman meme.

[ConfusedEasily]

Hate to admit this...but he's an iron fist in a velvet glove - he (irritatingly) tends to post relevant, correct and informative stuff (along worth the drivel)

no - he's an iron fit in an iron glove. Velvet implies subtlety ...

[ConfusedEasily]

Most of it drivel, too.

Hate to admit this...but he's an iron fist in a velvet glove - he (irritatingly) tends to post relevant, correct and informative stuff (along worth the drivel)

[northernladuk]

Most of it drivel, too.

That's the nicest thing anyone has said about me for awhile. Thank you

[Mag]

Christ! 30K+ worth of posts? Do you actually do any work? It's skivers like you that give contractors a bad name!

Most of it drivel, too.

[MrButton]

...and no - its not written into their contracts (which QDOS appear to like)

You misunderstood what he said.

[ConfusedEasily]

Not everyone works in areas where change freezes are applicable - the furlough is a means of competing on rate whilst skimming a few weeks out of the year. It is irritating from a delivery perspective and we will not be doing it in 2018 in our area. The two contractors who have just signed will not have to endure a furlough.

...and no - its not written into their contracts (which QDOS appear to like)

[ConfusedEasily]

Nothing to do with change freezes and service protection in high volume periods.


It is in their contracts. They get paid by the day. If there is client doesn't require them to work they don't work. Just like when they want to take a holiday.

Not sure if it's them or you that's the bigger idiot.. but I do really.

Christ! 30K+ worth of posts? Do you actually do any work? It's skivers like you that give contractors a bad name!

[ConfusedEasily]

Nothing to do with change freezes and service protection in high volume periods.


It is in their contracts. They get paid by the day. If there is client doesn't require them to work they don't work. Just like when they want to take a holiday.

Not sure if it's them or you that's the bigger idiot.. but I do really.

Not everyone works in areas where change freezes are applicable - the furlough is a means of competing on rate whilst skimming a few weeks out of the year. It is irritating from a delivery perspective and we will not be doing it in 2018 in our area. The two contractors who have just signed will not have to endure a furlough.

[northernladuk]

RBS? Who mentioned that august institution The furloughs is insane. A lot of places are doing this now and you know why? Because permies do **** all during this period. In some offices, decorations were up on the 1st December. It's a tacit admission that many permies just treat December as an excuse to arse about.
We send the contractors home because it's embarrassing to have them around seeing the ****wittery of a lot of our permanent staff.

Nothing to do with change freezes and service protection in high volume periods.

in another bank (run by shopkeepers) some contractors refused the furlough as it wasn't in their contract and they had deadlines to deliver to. Result? Walked off-site.

It is in their contracts. They get paid by the day. If there is client doesn't require them to work they don't work. Just like when they want to take a holiday.

Not sure if it's them or you that's the bigger idiot.. but I do really.

[ConfusedEasily]

ohh almost forgot, remember to tell them about RBS enforced furloughs and they will be stopping for xmas on the 7th december in 2018

RBS? Who mentioned that august institution The furloughs is insane. A lot of places are doing this now and you know why? Because permies do **** all during this period. In some offices, decorations were up on the 1st December. It's a tacit admission that many permies just treat December as an excuse to arse about.
We send the contractors home because it's embarrassing to have them around seeing the ****wittery of a lot of our permanent staff.

in another bank (run by shopkeepers) some contractors refused the furlough as it wasn't in their contract and they had deadlines to deliver to. Result? Walked off-site.