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Previously on "Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting"

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  • ChimpMaster
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    Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
    Yes, I was asked to move recently I asked for 1200.
    that's like over £900 a day! Well done... I thought I was doing OK with my £600 but obviously not well enough. I might look into CH

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by Sockpuppet View Post
    I think anything involving nuclear power is fairly lucrative. I had a job interview (trainee nuclear engineer) with BNFL a few years back. Got offered the gig but turned it down.

    3 months later they announced a building program that would have kept me billing for 15 years!
    Nulear sector pay is poor. The long term nature of the jobs means folks sit there for years, hence no need to pay good rates.

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  • Sockpuppet
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    I think anything involving nuclear power is fairly lucrative. I had a job interview (trainee nuclear engineer) with BNFL a few years back. Got offered the gig but turned it down.

    3 months later they announced a building program that would have kept me billing for 15 years!

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View Post
    But who can live on that in CH?
    You can live expensive or you can live cheap in CH, choice is yours.

    I have saved a lot in the past year, but plan to spend it traveling Nov.- March.

    Will need a job when I get back, hope there has not been a further melt down by then.

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  • ThomasSoerensen
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Not only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.


    But who can live on that in CH?

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Not only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.


    But only after you have been here for 1 year.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Not only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.


    Have we got rid of him yet?

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  • BlasterBates
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    Not only are swiss contracts highly paid, but if you get fed up and resign you can expect to get unemployment benefit, which is 67 grand (GBP) a year.


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  • ThomasSoerensen
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    How much do zurich contracts pay?
    They pay well. I am not complaining.

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting

    Specifically which industry (at the moment) allows for very little time off between contracts and also pays top dollar

    I am seeing one year contracts @650 a day at the moment on Jobserve in oil / gas
    O&G pays top dollar if you work for an operator. £600 to £700 per day is typical for London, a bit less for Aberdeen. Operators like day rates, contracting co's usually pay by the hour. Oil services contractor co's pay a bit less, up to about £65 per hour in London, a bit lower in Aberdeen. By far the best rates at the moment in the world are in Australia where AUD1500/day is often paid. Process Engineers usually get the highest rates along with the likes of Drilling Engineers but those guys are often out in the desert or some god forsaken place.
    Last edited by Fred Bloggs; 6 August 2011, 15:06.

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  • Clippy
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting

    Specifically which industry (at the moment) allows for very little time off between contracts and also pays top dollar

    I am seeing one year contracts @650 a day at the moment on Jobserve in oil / gas
    What's the matter, struggling to make ends meet on your current £1k a day?

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    I am the best - Is 1K CHF realistic?
    Yes, I was asked to move recently I asked for 1200.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    I am the best - Is 1K CHF realistic?

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by DeludedAussie View Post
    Which Industry Is Most Lucrative For Contracting

    Specifically which industry (at the moment) allows for very little time off between contracts and also pays top dollar

    I am seeing one year contracts @650 a day at the moment on Jobserve in oil / gas
    Someone told me the sex industry is a big earner, why don't you give it a try.

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  • DeludedAussie
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    My latest was for just under 1k a day and €440 a day expenses. Sadly it was only for 3 days but they have another 3x3 day ones coming up
    What were you doing?

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