Reply to: Permies dropping like flies

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

A real contractor would put their rate up

That's inevitable in the next few months.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You and your manager... so only you to manage... no one else to do the work? Just making an assumption that D&C is gonna become a bit of a problem. Alarm bells gotta start ringing when you are the only contractor left in an enduring team.

As it turns out this is the most ir35 compliant contract I have worked. Manager does not manage me at all. I am dealing full time with business and end users.

Just because I am working in this dept does not mean I fit into the team structure. My contract is ultra compliant which means they have not even questioned the hours I work or where I work from.

I am purely here to deliver consultancy and services and am seen as an external resource.


All in all shove it NLUK!

[Ruprect]

Funny place I am at:

6 months ago there was a team of 4 just before I joined

- 2 weeks before I joined the main techie guy left.

- 1 week after I joined another guy left (happened to be a waste of space anyway)

- today the 3rd and final guy got a job offer.

That means it's just me and the manager left!

Not sure of this is good or bad. Ah well just invoice and carry on.

A real contractor would put their rate up

[FatLazyContractor]

You and your manager... so only you to manage... no one else to do the work? Just making an assumption that D&C is gonna become a bit of a problem. Alarm bells gotta start ringing when you are the only contractor left in an enduring team.

He said the following:

That means it's just me and the manager left!

HTH

[northernladuk]

Why is that then? I imagine you are making your usual assumptions. All the work I am doing is project work rather than BAU.... They are bringing perms in to do the other stuff.

You and your manager... so only you to manage... no one else to do the work? Just making an assumption that D&C is gonna become a bit of a problem. Alarm bells gotta start ringing when you are the only contractor left in an enduring team.

[FatLazyContractor]

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You turn up and people start handing their notice in? Maybe your are infectious

Ignored

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

It's gonna absolutely suck for your IR35 status....

Why is that then? I imagine you are making your usual assumptions. All the work I am doing is project work rather than BAU.... They are bringing perms in to do the other stuff.

[northernladuk]

You turn up and people start handing their notice in? Maybe your are infectious

[northernladuk]

Funny place I am at:

6 months ago there was a team of 4 just before I joined

- 2 weeks before I joined the main techie guy left.

- 1 week after I joined another guy left (happened to be a waste of space anyway)

- today the 3rd and final guy got a job offer.

That means it's just me and the manager left!

Not sure of this is good or bad. Ah well just invoice and carry on.

It's gonna absolutely suck for your IR35 status....

[FatLazyContractor]

Funny place I am at:

6 months ago there was a team of 4 just before I joined

- 2 weeks before I joined the main techie guy left.

- 1 week after I joined another guy left (happened to be a waste of space anyway)

- today the 3rd and final guy got a job offer.

That means it's just me and the manager left!

Not sure of this is good or bad. Ah well just invoice and carry on.

See if Suity could replace any of them .....

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Christ! You mustn't be one of this world's most likeable people.

Haha!

Bear in mind the two guys had already left or put the notice in before they knew I existed. Guy next to me managed to put up with me for 6 months..... Guy has some serious patience!

[FatLazyContractor]

Have you thought of using deoderant?

Deodorant

[worzelGummidge]

That means you have a manager all to yourself. You lucky devil you.

On a more serious note, 2015 is the year that technical people change jobs and wages increase for permies.

[VectraMan]

Have you thought of using deoderant?