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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Better than being on JSA isn't it?
    and I worked for said client in past. Crap rate but better than jsa for a few months.

    Top people and had no issues at all when I didnt extend for something more lucrative.

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  • unixman
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    So is washing my car for £1.20 per hour.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Jeez. Do they really expect to get someone for that? Surely not. Surely the agency should have been having a word here.

    Client I know has trouble getting people at 2.5x this.
    Better than being on JSA isn't it?

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by unixman View Post
    Lol. Top trolling by Opus:

    Linux Engineer/Junior Linux Engineer/Linux Administrator/Junior Technician - Bristol - February-12-2015 (D5RqR)

    Perl, bash, Linux for LESS than the minimum wage.
    Jeez. Do they really expect to get someone for that? Surely not. Surely the agency should have been having a word here.

    Client I know has trouble getting people at 2.5x this.

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  • unixman
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    I am going to go for that £6/hour contract, and then subcontract one of you lot. Who's first ?

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  • Batcher
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    Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
    My Yorkshire born and bred cleaner charges me £18 and hour. She is fully insured and all that.

    Does all jobs and gives me extras - Ironing, Hoovering car twice a month, garden bollox during the season with some extra charges and all that!

    While I sit on the high chair
    50 Shades of FLC

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  • Avalonia
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    Get an Indian in, you could justify it on ' skills shortage ' grounds

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  • unixman
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    Anybody want to wash my car for £1 an hour. Seriously.
    Last edited by unixman; 13 February 2015, 13:23. Reason: spelling

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    My Yorkshire born and bred cleaner charges me £18 and hour. She is fully insured and all that.

    Does all jobs and gives me extras - Ironing, Hoovering car twice a month, garden bollox during the season with some extra charges and all that!

    While I sit on the high chair

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  • Avalonia
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    My knob is very well polished.



    the brass has almost come off the cheap b&q fittings

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by Avalonia View Post
    I don't care, she's east European got a grip like iron and very fast and efficient
    Sounds good enough to me

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by Avalonia View Post
    I don't care, she's east European got a grip like iron and very fast and efficient
    Have you checked her right to work? Do you know a Lithuanian from a Moldovan? You could be fined up to £10,000 and publicly castrated.

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  • Avalonia
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    I don't care, she's east European got a grip like iron and very fast and efficient

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by Avalonia View Post
    I pay my cleaner £15/hour. I'll put an ad on jobserve
    Is you cleaner insured?

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  • stek
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    To be fair though, the Linux market has been cornered by Windows admins so fair dos

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