Reply to: Is this right?

[ruth11]

It looks like I'm going to be taking this one after all!
Contract been negotiated ok. Will prob take out Qdos insurance too just in case.

Really don't want to do it, but also don't want to be on the bench right now so it's a case of take the job, do it for a while until I get really fed up with it and then take some time off.

I'll consider getting Riley's membership - that sounds like a good idea!

[bellymonster]

The lads on our shift signed up to Rileys as this is about the only place open at 3 in the morning. Comfy settes too...

[PerlOfWisdom]

If it is working at HP/BT in Sheffield then I beleive that it is actually BT that force you to take the 2 hours. Something to do with employment laws, despite the fact that they don't really apply to contractors.

The employment law thing is just an excuse as they make you work the full 12 hours, with threats of no renewal.

[bellymonster]

If it is working at HP/BT in Sheffield then I beleive that it is actually BT that force you to take the 2 hours. Something to do with employment laws, despite the fact that they don't really apply to contractors.

I worked for them for a while and as I was on a different shift I got paid the full 12 hours but i know alot of people who really were unhappy with the situation. There is f**k all to do for 2 hours in the middle of the night and not even adequate places to catch a nap.

The work was very tedious too and the nights were killers. Hence the reason I left the contract a few months early.

[ruth11]

It looks like I'll be turning it down anyway now. Qdos say contract inside IR35.
Oh well!

[Mr Crosby]

In this case it's Certes->Manpower->HP (for BT)

Apollo project Sun deal with the Unix bits

[Diver]

Goodnight

[ruth11]

In this case it's Certes->Manpower->HP (for BT)

[PerlOfWisdom]

Elan -> Manpower -> HP -> BT

[spenj]

Is it Sun in Sheffield?

sounds like HP to me

[Mr Crosby]

Is it Sun in Sheffield?

[ruth11]

Thanks PerlofWisdom, you're really selling it to me!

[PerlOfWisdom]

And the agency pays monthly, 2-3 weeks after the end of the month.

[PerlOfWisdom]

Also, at 10 hours billable, this is only 35 hrs per week, as the 4 on, 4 off shift pattern covers 8 days.

[PerlOfWisdom]

support job

I did this for a month. You don't get time for a sh*t without disaproving looks, it's like a production line. In China.

Then the client decides that it doesn't like the team, and one of the middleman agents has to re-recruit in a rush.