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Previously on "Going to the dark side."

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  • BillHicksRIP
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    Originally posted by monkeyboy
    Come to the 2 year mark on a contract and they want me to go permy

    What sort of salary should I ask for (They will renew if I don't go permy) if on a 420 daily rate.

    I recon anything north of 70 would be good as I now loose the ability to expense travel to and from site.

    Done my sums and its quite scary how much gordon now takes from gross salary.
    Stay being a contractor and get them to stick £5 an hour to cover your loss of expenses for being there 2 years. Worked for me.

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  • Hart-floot
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    Originally posted by threaded
    I often feel it is only the foreigners who keep this country going. I really for the life of me can't see where the money is coming from otherwise.
    City based Financial Services sector. UK would be lost without it.

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  • stackpole
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    Originally posted by Gold Dalek
    Did you miss the news about how he is going to save Africa?
    Ah, the race against Blair for sainthood? No, I didn't miss it.

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  • DimPrawn
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    It's called wealth redistribution and social fairness.

    Or daylight robbery as I like to call it.

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  • Joe Black
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    "I did eight months on the dark side myself a little while back. When I looked at my paycheck I wondered WTF he did with all that tax and NICs?"

    Here's where some goes:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4771937.stm

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  • Gold Dalek
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    Originally posted by stackpole
    I believe the appropriate phrase is "Let's you keep."

    Quite true. I did eight months on the dark side myself a little while back. When I looked at my paycheck I wondered WTF he did with all that tax and NICs. It really p!ssed me off.
    Did you miss the news about how he is going to save Africa?

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  • threaded
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    Originally posted by Churchill
    Well Threaded, mass wise, you must be the other 10%
    I often feel it is only the foreigners who keep this country going. I really for the life of me can't see where the money is coming from otherwise.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by threaded
    My understanding is he's trying to head for a Scandinavian model, look at Denmark for example, 40% work directly for the state, another 30+% work in companies that work for the state, 20+% work in jobs where the state pays their wages ...
    Well Threaded, mass wise, you must be the other 10%

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  • threaded
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    Originally posted by stackpole
    I believe the appropriate phrase is "Let's you keep."

    Quite true. I did eight months on the dark side myself a little while back. When I looked at my paycheck I wondered WTF he did with all that tax and NICs. It really p!ssed me off.
    My understanding is he's trying to head for a Scandinavian model, look at Denmark for example, 40% work directly for the state, another 30+% work in companies that work for the state, 20+% work in jobs where the state pays their wages ...

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by stackpole
    I believe the appropriate phrase is "Let's you keep."

    Quite true. I did eight months on the dark side myself a little while back. When I looked at my paycheck I wondered WTF he did with all that tax and NICs. It really p!ssed me off.
    He uses it to compensate for the tax-avoiding contractor scum that populate this and other forums...

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  • stackpole
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    Originally posted by monkeyboy
    Done my sums and its quite scary how much gordon now takes from gross salary.
    I believe the appropriate phrase is "Let's you keep."

    Quite true. I did eight months on the dark side myself a little while back. When I looked at my paycheck I wondered WTF he did with all that tax and NICs. It really p!ssed me off.

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  • Fleetwood
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    They will renew if you don't go permy or they won't??
    If they will, keep billing at 420 a day. It's a no-brainer.

    F in "Ker-ching!!" mode

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  • Churchill
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    Peanuts.

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  • monkeyboy
    started a topic Going to the dark side.

    Going to the dark side.

    Come to the 2 year mark on a contract and they want me to go permy

    What sort of salary should I ask for (They will renew if I don't go permy) if on a 420 daily rate.

    I recon anything north of 70 would be good as I now loose the ability to expense travel to and from site.

    Done my sums and its quite scary how much gordon now takes from gross salary.

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