Reply to: Dire Rates

[wendigo100]

I work for an investment bank, hours are no longer than any other job I've been on. Yes you have to put them in every now and again but I've never been on a project where that wasn't the case.

Earning £500 a day I can pay my smallish mortgage, and rent a £1000 a month flat and still save a fair amount of cash.

What's more, I absolutely love the job. The quality of people is really high, and despite what people might say, really friendly.

There used to be another fellow on here who landed on his feet. His name was David Contractor Junior.

[Bovvered]

How did you get in, pray tell?

And what is it that you do?

A big development cycle was going on at an investment bank in the City. Due to the size of the project they couldn't fill all the roles with people with the business knowledge. They still wanted high calibre candidates though. Their agent, whom I had been through before and earned a very good reputation with came to me, and I went for it. The interview was tough as hell, but not too tough for me and now here I am.

So you see opportunities are there; it was that simple.

Of course now I have the knowledge I'll be doing my best to keep everyone else out

[VectraMan]

I've always thought Dire Straights were overrated.

Straits.

[deforce]

How did you get in, pray tell?

And what is it that you do?

Probably a tunnel or dynamite, then again, don't they kidnap the manager's family nowadays? Just a thought......

[BradNeedsYourHelp]

How did you get in, pray tell?

And what is it that you do?

[Bovvered]

The only problem with banking is that you have to have worked in banking before they'll employ you. Which is a bit of a sod for those of us who haven't worked in banking.

How do you think I and everyone else got in? When you see that openning, you have to take it. Everybody starts somewhere.

[TheMonkey]

The only problem with banking is that you have to have worked in banking before they'll employ you. Which is a bit of a sod for those of us who haven't worked in banking.

[Bovvered]

Interesting to see a lot of people on the same sh*t rate I'm on.

I reckon in general, it's banks in the City or tulip rates, with a smattering of rip-off merchants in the public sector. The thing that puts me off the City (presuming I could fluke my way in there) is the long hours, so all in all, you end up a tulip rate there too because you divide the daily rate by 12, and end up paying sheds more for a flat, overpriced beer and council tax.

I work for an investment bank, hours are no longer than any other job I've been on. Yes you have to put them in every now and again but I've never been on a project where that wasn't the case.

Earning £500 a day I can pay my smallish mortgage, and rent a £1000 a month flat and still save a fair amount of cash.

What's more, I absolutely love the job. The quality of people is really high, and despite what people might say, really friendly.

[lilelvis2000]

I'm gettin the hang of this Oracle stuff....too bad it probably won't pull me in more than £240/day max.

[deforce]

is this poll meaningful? I work on an hourly basis, and the per day rate is not that high. But I'm in work almost all of the time, have been so for the past 8 years, and have at least a years work at the current client.

It all depends on the contract I guess.......
Some people can secure a long-term day rate contract, other's only a few weeks.
I don't think whether you invoice hourly or daily has any relationship to the general supply of work or contract length.
I prefer a daily rate because it is usually a higher overall income for working reasonable hours (40 hour week).
On an hourly rate you're constantly trying to find additional work to fill the 70 hours/week needed to gain a comparable income......

[BlasterBates]

...no no doesn't count.

Crap rates are crap rates ...basta.

[Fungus]

is this poll meaningful? I work on an hourly basis, and the per day rate is not that high. But I'm in work almost all of the time, have been so for the past 8 years, and have at least a years work at the current client.

[lORD lUCAN]

I work for an Investment bank in the tulipty and hours are cool 9 -5, saying that the traders are doing long hrs, management 12 hrs+ so depends what role ure doing. It's pretty cruisy job, but I guess I am lucky. U don't have to live in London u can live in one of the commuter towns, where rent is cheaper. Beer is overpriced, but I normally buy a six pack of warm stella from the bottlo b4 I go out so I'm already half-cut, nice n cheap. Like being back in uni.

Bloody students

[Bitbucket]

Ok, so how do you add a rate of say 300?

Range 200-300 or 300-400 ?

Will skew your results rather!

You cant get paid 300 that would mess the poll up ask for a pound increase or decrease right now.

(Like your avitar by the way castoff101)

[Fleetwood]

$5,000 USd per week + $100 usd per diem, plus accomodation and paying a Maximum of 15% tax
twat

Why, FFS, in God's name, why?