Reply to: Benched and current climate

[DiscoStu]

Ill sign up! As long as you can be my teacher as you'll no doubt be benched based on the aforementioned. Deal?

I'll

Close, but no cigar.

[DiscoStu]

I think you should make that plan A and drop all IT contracting immediately

Let me know who your current client is, I'll offer to take over your contract

Certainly. Before I do, however, I'll need two references to ensure you're a suitable candidate.

[Liability]

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

Ill sign up! As long as you can be my teacher as you'll no doubt be benched based on the aforementioned. Deal?

[Spacecadet]

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

I think you should make that plan A and drop all IT contracting immediately

Let me know who your current client is, I'll offer to take over your contract

[DiscoStu]

this is my point - the pedantic english teachers remind me of the tulipe Ive had to work with where they assume they need to get paid a good rate but in all honesty are no longer good at their jobs.

Next year will be about who is better - its simple. Similar to 2001 - if you werent good you were on the Bench - if you was you wasnt! Simple.

I wonder if a Plan B of offering English lessons to illiterate contractors would be worth considering...

[Xenophon]

I'm just trying to double my market penetration

*short drum roll*

*cymbal*

[Spacecadet]

Bold move, mate.

Going bi is a big step, but if it pays the bills, then fair enough.

Remember to rubber up.

I'm just trying to double my market penetration

[Xenophon]

Luckily for me BI is a fall back plan

Bold move, mate.

Going bi is a big step, but if it pays the bills, then fair enough.

Remember to rubber up.

[Spacecadet]

Mind you - rates were bad there BA £20-24 per hour, Senior PM £38

Most BA and BI roles I've seen advertised over the past couple of weeks are in that range.
Luckily for me BI is a fall back plan

[Spacecadet]

Your apostrophe malarkey really has to stop!

I'll restrict it to any conversations involving Sasguru and his eagle apostrophe seeking eyes

[zara_backdog]

Is "they" the agency's?

Agencies and Incat who are Tata's IT ( they are an IT Outsource company)

Mind you - rates were bad there BA £20-24 per hour, Senior PM £38

[swamp]

Anyone waiting for "things to improve" in Feb is in for a big shock.

The only thing that's going to "improve" is the rate at which things are going to turn to s**t.

Do you think so? What do you base this on? Hunch?

Yes, I've got a hunch the new budgets in the next financial year are going to leave people wishing they could hang on to the scraps of last year.

Many things haven't shaped-up yet. The long-term outlook will become clearer next year and I don't think it will be good news -- how can it with tax rises and debt on the way? The result will be massive unemployment and a full-blown recession.

[Xenophon]

Is "they" the agency's?

Your apostrophe malarkey really has to stop!

[Spacecadet]

Yeap - There were also recruiting for several BA's at Solihull plant, two of which I were in the running for. I has previously got a role with JLR last month, but just before the contracts were due to be signed the job got put on hold". Stange, they were still advertising roles up to yesterday.

Is "they" the agency's?

[Liability]

There will still always be jobs coming up, but it's going to be the best people that get them.

There are quite a few usless gits I have worked with over the years who I cannot wait seeing dumped, people that should not be in IT getting a good daily rate.

this is my point - the pedantic english teachers remind me of the tulipe Ive had to work with where they assume they need to get paid a good rate but in all honesty are no longer good at their jobs.

Next year will be about who is better - its simple. Similar to 2001 - if you werent good you were on the Bench - if you was you wasnt! Simple.