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Previously on "first rate / current rate"
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£16.00 per week (I could live like a king on that in those days)
£300 per day + (struggling to live on that these days)
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up norf:
1994: £20 p/h
2001: £44 p/h
2007: £permie charity rate
2008: £32 p/h living away
summary: nob cheese
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Maybe we work less.
Then we all make the same.
Like good commies.
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IndeedOriginally posted by SallyAnne View PostHere's hoping in 2012 it's not £024 eh?!
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£250 per day/ £300 per day
Caveat 1 : I contract in Scotland.
Caveat 2 : Agents are scum.
Caveat 3 : I have only been contracting 2 years.
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