Reply to: How are IT contractors finding the job market at the moment?

[Bob Dalek]

Oooh good call. i did that back in '96 whilst at Glaxo and its fantastic. Hump day is tuesday, then b4 you know it, its time for end-of-week beers on wednesday afternoon.

Then you have weekend1 to do all your chores etc, then weekend2 you can just socialise all weekend - its like the good old days when all you needed was a motorbike, a decent stereo and some cash in your pocket to be happy and you had no responsibilities and nothing else to do on the weekend except party.

Go for it

Yes. It sounds like a reasonably happy compromise: less dosh, but 4-day weekend. On balance, could be a winner. Fingers crossed.

[expat]

bit harsh?

Oh, come on, agents are so thin-skinned? Any agent on here who doesn't get the piss taken will start to wonder if anyone is paying attention

[PAH]

The only thing anyone's motivated to do any more is get their timesheet signed...

Make sure you provide the pen. They're more likely to use one with disappearing ink in the current climate.

[DiscoStu]

Awful…

I feel trapped in a tulip gig but feel the market is too bad to move on, I’ve never worked so hard for so little, I’ve never had to put up with this level of bureaucratic bulltulip, I’ve never had to deal with so many buck passers.

I wish people would stop moaning about government IT projects costing too much and never working, I miss the old gravy train days.

At the risk of sounding like Wilmslow I'm in a similar situation. At current gig we've all been told we'll be getting the chop, then they've spent months fannying about pushing end dates backwards and forwards, and we're still none the wiser when it's all going to come to an end. The only thing anyone's motivated to do any more is get their timesheet signed...

[Romanymagic]

You're an agent, I imagine you encounter these feelings all the time.

bit harsh?

[SallyAnne]

Just make sure them pants are clean!

Like I wear pants

[SallyAnne]

Don't be so paranoid. You'll be fine like.

"Like" you say? Hmmmm interesting!

[Stan.goodvibes]

I am considering a 3-day contract. Better than nowt and I do fancy a 4-day weekend.

Oooh good call. i did that back in '96 whilst at Glaxo and its fantastic. Hump day is tuesday, then b4 you know it, its time for end-of-week beers on wednesday afternoon.

Then you have weekend1 to do all your chores etc, then weekend2 you can just socialise all weekend - its like the good old days when all you needed was a motorbike, a decent stereo and some cash in your pocket to be happy and you had no responsibilities and nothing else to do on the weekend except party.

Go for it

[PAH]

I am considering a 3-day contract. Better than nowt and I do fancy a 4-day weekend.

Got to be better than going permie, and you'll still be earning more than them!

[expat]

Clearly things did not get better for you after the previous recession then? I certainly know when a person is bitter and angry.

You're an agent, I imagine you encounter these feelings all the time.

[Another Dodgy Agent]

Oh my god - I've been on CUK too long!!!

When I see a thread like this I just think "my agent has started this thread to see how far I'll drop my pants on my next extension rate".

CUK paranoia!!!

Just make sure them pants are clean!

[oracleslave]

Oh my god - I've been on CUK too long!!!

When I see a thread like this I just think "my agent has started this thread to see how far I'll drop my pants on my next extension rate".

CUK paranoia!!!

Don't be so paranoid. You'll be fine like.

[SallyAnne]

Oh my god - I've been on CUK too long!!!

When I see a thread like this I just think "my agent has started this thread to see how far I'll drop my pants on my next extension rate".

CUK paranoia!!!

[oracleslave]

with ex permies from citigroup of course (BT, Lehman bros, woolworths etc...)

I don't have the heart to tell you to google 'atm'. Actually...

[norrahe]

with ex permies from citigroup of course (BT, Lehman bros, woolworths etc...)