In these tulipy times I had to take a role on £13.50 ph, less than half what I used to get.
I just had the agent on the phone with an offer of an extension if... I take a 10% cut. They might as well have turned up on site and kicked me in the balls.
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Originally posted by NetwkSupport View Posthousing and general living is cheap as chips in the n/w so it wouldnt be that bad for a local job.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI have been offered 735 and I've told the agent I'm happy to walk if they don't pay up - as that is what they are paying for my colleague doing the same job as me, through the same agency. My suspicion is that the Agent has been creaming off the difference.
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Private companies working on gravy-train public sector contracts. Kerrrrrching. Bottomless pits of money.
That's where I've earned silly wonga.
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Originally posted by expat View PostWell, those costs are not bad for working away. You could bring the hotel down: I see Hotel La Place at 56€/n and Premiere Classe in Galliard at 41€ if transport is OK. These are 2* and 1* respectively, but for me it's a place to sleep, not one of life's pleasures (that I can't afford).
It's not helpful I know, but your problem is a low rate for away work, not that your costs are extortionate. Would you expect to stay anywhere for less?
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Originally posted by SizeZero View PostPublic sector jobs have never paid much, no matter where in the country they are.
Edit: Contract positions that is, Permie salarys have been low though, but the benefits/pensions they get more than make up for itLast edited by Not So Wise; 26 June 2009, 11:39.
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Originally posted by SallyAnne View PostI have to say, I completely dont agree with that.
In fact, you couldn't BE more wrong!
When quoting for work they double it and add a bit... it's only tax payer’s money.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI do stay in France in Annemasse - a little shanty town at the end of the tram tracks. It tends to cost me about 300 on accomodation and about 100 a week in flights - that works out at about 80 a day on expenses. So after tax I end up with about 170 a day - which is tulip. My 400 a day was set when the exchange rate was only 1.64 - it's now at 1.8 which is a killer
It's not helpful I know, but your problem is a low rate for away work, not that your costs are extortionate. Would you expect to stay anywhere for less?
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Originally posted by AZZIK View PostThese are the kinda rates you are looking at up north, for someone who is MCSE & ITIL certified!
http://www.jobserve.com/WBA1F06FC43513F15.jsjob
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Originally posted by expat View PostI've worked in Geneva. If you treat it like a normal place then it can be expensive (One week when there was a UN conference on there, the cheapest online hotel booking I could find was 4400 EUR/day!). But you can keep costs down: how low do you keep them?
Are you away on your own, or with family? Flat or hotel? Thought of staying outside town, even in France?
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These are the kinda rates you are looking at up north, for someone who is MCSE & ITIL certified!
http://www.jobserve.com/WBA1F06FC43513F15.jsjob
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostNo - working in Geneva so my costs are extorionate. I've been losing about 1k a month doing this.
Are you away on your own, or with family? Flat or hotel? Thought of staying outside town, even in France?
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Originally posted by Shimano105 View PostHow much is it paying? JS is blocked here.
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