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Previously on "Permie "Job security" is a myth"

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  • xoggoth
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    Indeed. When I was permie I got made redundant once, was one of the few to be retained another time and only avoided a third by finding another job when news of imminent closure surfaced.

    Nope. That's twice. Forgot my first ever job. Ta, Lord Beeching! Rot in hell.
    Last edited by xoggoth; 28 March 2015, 20:45.

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    So you think I shouldn't offshore some of my Front end SPA work and find uk developers? I don't want to £400 uk market rates when I can do it with good devs I know offshore for 35-50% the cost.
    The only front end spa work I know of is a "Happy ending" after a massage at the spa. Last heard from a mate, they usually do it for £20 - £40 depending on the spa.

    Not sure where you got £400 from

    HTH

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  • MicrosoftBob
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    what is a sockie?
    Physician heal thyself

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  • ItRYmyBEst
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    Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
    Stop creating sockies on here then, not like you're any good at making them look like real accounts. Your lies are as transparent as your sockies are blatant.
    what is a sockie?

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    Seriously, I've never had such cheeky replies from any other forum than this one. Sort it out guys/gals.
    Stop creating sockies on here then, not like you're any good at making them look like real accounts. Your lies are as transparent as your sockies are blatant.

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  • ItRYmyBEst
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    Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
    Vous êtes un menteur

    As well as being illiterate.
    Seriously, I've never had such cheeky replies from any other forum than this one. Sort it out guys/gals.

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  • ItRYmyBEst
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    Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
    There? where?

    As to on shore Indians I've worked with plenty, I am working with 4 on my current project and they're no better or worse than the others, one is certainly a complete cowboy.

    Please let us know when you've fabricated some make believe projects to give to these mythical and superior types, that or just bin that appallingly bad sockpuppet.
    So you think I shouldn't offshore some of my Front end SPA work and find uk developers? I don't want to £400 uk market rates when I can do it with good devs I know offshore for 35-50% the cost.

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    je ne comprende pas
    Vous êtes un menteur

    As well as being illiterate.

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  • ItRYmyBEst
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    Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View Post
    Surely you're too busy creating to sockies
    je ne comprende pas

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    Have you ever worked with on shore indians, there mostly better than the UK nationals, I'm thinking of outsourcing my new projects to them.
    There? where?

    As to on shore Indians I've worked with plenty, I am working with 4 on my current project and they're no better or worse than the others, one is certainly a complete cowboy.

    Please let us know when you've fabricated some make believe projects to give to these mythical and superior types, that or just bin that appallingly bad sockpuppet.

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  • MicrosoftBob
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    Originally posted by ItRYmyBEst View Post
    Have you ever worked with on shore indians, there mostly better than the UK nationals, I'm thinking of outsourcing my new projects to them.
    Surely you're too busy creating to sockies

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  • ItRYmyBEst
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    What they normally do, have seen this at least three times now, they onshore all the Indians into the UK
    Have you ever worked with on shore indians, there mostly better than the UK nationals, I'm thinking of outsourcing my new projects to them.

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  • Sands of Time
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    Seen it so many times before...

    Off shore then near shore then on shore...

    All the time contractors reaped the benefits of change.

    It is the way of the world.

    As long as you're on the crest and not the ones being dashed on the rocks.



    Tone

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    "they can't get rid of me, I have been here 20 years, 20 months salary as redundancy to get shot of me"
    Except if the company goes belly up. The legal minimum is 1 week per full year of service, so that's 20 weeks salary. And that weekly rate is capped at probably less than the salary they were earning.

    Expenses count as unsecured credit, so those go unpaid as well.*

    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    And permies wonder why clients hire contractors.
    Yep. No 90(?) days notice to the Dept of Work and Pensions (is it still called that?) of redundancy, no pensions contributions to worry about either.

    * there was the small matter of a phone I bought for employer's client but never saw the cash for. Several hundred quid out of pocket on that one

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  • lilelvis2000
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    When that company changes IT director they will onshore but find it difficult to get the relevant skills.
    Relevant and young you mean so as to keep costs down. Heaven forbid they have to hire a 45y/o who will demand £45k to solve their problems.








    yes....I have chip on my shoulder about ageism.

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