Reply to: State of the Market

[Cliphead]

And judging by your photos you live in a nice part of the world!

Nice part of the world but it's still UK

[Sysman]

Never been busier either although not particularly niche. Moving to Spain at the end of the year with Plan B and still carrying on with current contract since I work at home anyway. Won't be sorry to leave here that's for sure.

And judging by your photos you live in a nice part of the world!

Seems to be picking up in the Linux / UNIX sysadmin area given the increasing amount of email I'm getting.

This is good news. I'm still pressing ahead with a Windows Sysadmin course as it's something extra under my belt.

[alreadypacked]

Oh god what have I started.

Glasgow Edinburgh shuttle, ocassionally the East Coast mainline between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

and it doesn't look like it will finish anytime soon

[gricerboy]

Oh god what have I started.

Glasgow Edinburgh shuttle, ocassionally the East Coast mainline between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Ah yes. British Rail Mark 4 rolling stock and Class 91 locomotives.

[minestrone]

What line do you use?

Oh god what have I started.

Glasgow Edinburgh shuttle, ocassionally the East Coast mainline between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

[gricerboy]

3.5 each day not each way.

I get to work on plan B on the train.

What line do you use?

[Jeebo72]

After I'd rejected the last crop I received a terse email from said agency suggesting that it my requirements that were flawed rather than their in house filtering.

fookin eejets

Had the same, luckily the company I work for have two agencies on PSL. I told both of them that the other agents were providing better candidates. Soon changed their tune.

[OwlHoot]

Holy cow, 3.5 hours!, Hope you are earning the big bucks for that...
Don't think I cold face it myself, even for a wad.

My worst was 2.5 hours each way for a couple of months, driving from West London to Brentwood in Essex and back each day.

You do get used to it a bit, although it's pretty plum tuckering, and every few days there's an inevitable traffic jam that adds another hour to the journey

[TiroFijo]

Many of the major places are taking on big but small places which I go to on occasion are stil struggling, many of these places are grant junkies and will struggle over the next few years as economic regeneration money gets totally butchered.

I'm just going to hunker down in the current place as I hear a 1 year extension is going to get offered, it's tulip and the 3.5 hour commute is a killer but I'll take it. I will demand a 15% increase which I expect to get.

Holy cow, 3.5 hours!, Hope you are earning the big bucks for that...
Don't think I cold face it myself, even for a wad.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

just wait till the libcons flood the IT market with axed contractors. We have another severe dip to come yet.

[minestrone]

Yep. I understood that. Whats wrong with a four dayer (later days) stay in a hotel get Friday off.

They pushed me down to an office on the other side of the town last month which takes it from 3 hours, to probably more like 4 hours. The team is very fexible on hours so I can do 4 days, I'm trying it this week and it is only a 7 hour day with 15 minutes lunch. I am also going to hit them with a request to work some of the days back in the old office as I am really the only person on the team now.

I like to get home though and if I was to do the hotel thing I would rather go down to london and use my IB experience to pick up another 200 a day.

[MarillionFan]

3.5 each day not each way.

I get to work on plan B on the train.

Yep. I understood that. Whats wrong with a four dayer (later days) stay in a hotel get Friday off.

[minestrone]

Jeez. 3.5 hour. Thats a hotel room for a few days surely?

3.5 each day not each way.

I get to work on plan B on the train.

[MarillionFan]

Many of the major places are taking on big but small places which I go to on occasion are stil struggling, many of these places are grant junkies and will struggle over the next few years as economic regeneration money gets totally butchered.

I'm just going to hunker down in the current place as I hear a 1 year extension is going to get offered, it's tulip and the 3.5 hour commute is a killer but I'll take it. I will demand a 15% increase which I expect to get.

Jeez. 3.5 hour. Thats a hotel room for a few days surely?

[minestrone]

Many of the major places are taking on big but small places which I go to on occasion are stil struggling, many of these places are grant junkies and will struggle over the next few years as economic regeneration money gets totally butchered.

I'm just going to hunker down in the current place as I hear a 1 year extension is going to get offered, it's tulip and the 3.5 hour commute is a killer but I'll take it. I will demand a 15% increase which I expect to get.