Are we being infiltrated ?

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sweetandsour replied

3 July 2009, 08:52
They now seem to have all gone beserk, it is getting worse.
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foggo replied

2 July 2009, 15:12
pimps, guv'mint, icts, permies...
smurfs?

you figure it out, I'm just throwing the acronym out there

myself, kiwi contractor via a few years in Ireland so I count as one of those damn foreigners

I just found this site via google, great resource - especially considering my first contract experience was coming up against a well known retailer and their pet supplier agency who required use of "approved" umbrella company provider who failed to notice I was going to be nailed to the wall (i.e. better off perm). There's more than one way to screw a contractor...

Good to know there is a kind of peer agency here
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NotAllThere replied

2 July 2009, 11:53
Originally posted by sweetandsour View Post

I am inclined to agree. The standard of written English in their questions is worse than many locals'.

thrs nt enuf txtspk 4 it 2 b icts.
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Not So Wise replied

2 July 2009, 09:49
Recently made redundant permie's unable to find another permi job thus looking to go contractor (in their case "Temp") until they do
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sweetandsour replied

2 July 2009, 08:10
Originally posted by pzz76077 View Post

Indian ICT's who wannabe contractors I believe.

PZZ

I am inclined to agree. The standard of written English in their questions is worse than many locals'.
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pzz76077 replied

1 July 2009, 20:54
Originally posted by rabiddog View Post

Call me paranoid, senile, (or anything else you want really) - but having lurked around various threads for a while now there seems to be a growing number of questions being asked i.e. references/employment/contract law/contract obligations/ltd.co admin/financial accounting etc. that any contractor (new or time served) would know the answer to.

Is this just new blood coming in or is it some strange plot hatched by the ever more worried 'agents on a burning tightrope' ?

Flame away

(And No, I'm not on drugs - I wish )

Indian ICT's who wannabe contractors I believe.

PZZ
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RichardCranium replied

1 July 2009, 18:00
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

Yoo hoo! Chase me

Is it the hot weather that has made you so, er, frisky?
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HairyArsedBloke replied

1 July 2009, 17:53
Originally posted by rabiddog View Post

Ta, at least someone remembered. Mind you that really makes me paranoid, 'cos now I know people are checking me out.

Yoo hoo! Chase me
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rabiddog replied

1 July 2009, 17:06
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

Happy Yesterbirthday.

New blood.

Ta, at least someone remembered. Mind you that really makes me paranoid, 'cos now I know people are checking me out.
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rabiddog replied

1 July 2009, 16:51
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

Agents on a burning tightrope = pimps, rather than government agents?

If it's pimps drowning through the lack of gigs well, frankly, they should be suffering like the rest of us, I fear.

Ahh! Now I'm really paranoid. It's not just the pimps, it's a way for the 'Government' to gather info. for another IR35 trick.
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RichardCranium replied

1 July 2009, 16:48
Happy Yesterbirthday.

New blood.
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Menelaus replied

1 July 2009, 16:42
Originally posted by rabiddog View Post

Call me paranoid, senile, (or anything else you want really) - but having lurked around various threads for a while now there seems to be a growing number of questions being asked i.e. references/employment/contract law/contract obligations/ltd.co admin/financial accounting etc. that any contractor (new or time served) would know the answer to.

Is this just new blood coming in or is it some strange plot hatched by the ever more worried 'agents on a burning tightrope' ?

Flame away

(And No, I'm not on drugs - I wish )

Agents on a burning tightrope = pimps, rather than government agents?

If it's pimps drowning through the lack of gigs well, frankly, they should be suffering like the rest of us, I fear.
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rabiddog started a topic Are we being infiltrated ?

1 July 2009, 16:37
Are we being infiltrated ?

Call me paranoid, senile, (or anything else you want really) - but having lurked around various threads for a while now there seems to be a growing number of questions being asked i.e. references/employment/contract law/contract obligations/ltd.co admin/financial accounting etc. that any contractor (new or time served) would know the answer to.

Is this just new blood coming in or is it some strange plot hatched by the ever more worried 'agents on a burning tightrope' ?

Flame away

(And No, I'm not on drugs - I wish )
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