Reply to: plenty of bobs from here

[amcdonald]

Next time leave my beers in the fridge alone! That was not in the contract! Typical agent. Is your 1500% cut not enough? Still, Regressive are worse.

FTFY

[Mose]

Next time leave my beers in the fridge alone! That was not in the contract! Typical agent. Is your 1500% cut not enough? Still, Progressive are worse.

[DodgyAgent]

what with being amazing at everything an' that.

That is not what your missus said

[Mose]

And productivity doubled!

for a short while but then someone told them about IR35 and they ended up just talking about that all day long while dossing around on some forum talking about the good old days when rates fairly matched their genius. The productivity is now just 14% of when they started. When will it end? If ClientCo saw sense made me Director next week I'd have it sorted by Wednesday at the latest, what with being amazing at everything an' that.

[vetran]

Yup. I thought we had it bad here when I found one banging away on the microwave in the canteen thinking it was his laptop but now they’ve replaced him with two ferrets with usb sticks duct taped to their heads. It’s mental.

And productivity doubled!

[Mose]

Sadly all too true - one of the hidden costs of employing Bobs is having to re-do their documentation

Yup. I thought we had it bad here when I found one banging away on the microwave in the canteen thinking it was his laptop but now they’ve replaced him with two ferrets with usb sticks duct taped to their heads. It’s mental.

[DodgyAgent]

all agents say it does.

what no degree?

Not me

[Troll]

Client co recruited a Bob who had just obtained a degree in computing in the UK.
The Bob had no idea how to use a computer. He never had one and never used one at uni. He told me that all he was taught was theory

He cannot spell the simplest of words nor can he construct a proper sentence. He has made costly mistakes but client co thinks he is a bargain at £8 per hour

I believe this 100%, no doubt.

Sadly all too true - one of the hidden costs of employing Bobs is having to re-do their documentation

[Mose]

Client co recruited a Bob who had just obtained a degree in computing in the UK.
The Bob had no idea how to use a computer. He never had one and never used one at uni. He told me that all he was taught was theory

He cannot spell the simplest of words nor can he construct a proper sentence. He has made costly mistakes but client co thinks he is a bargain at £8 per hour

I believe this 100%, no doubt.

[Paddy]

Client co recruited a Bob who had just obtained a degree in computing in the UK.
The Bob had no idea how to use a computer. He never had one and never used one at uni. He told me that all he was taught was theory

He cannot spell the simplest of words nor can he construct a proper sentence. He has made costly mistakes but client co thinks he is a bargain at £8 per hour

[vetran]

As if it makes a difference.

all agents say it does.

what no degree?

[Mich the Tester]

Also I worked with a bob who had an MBA recently, I got the impression that he printed it out at an internet cafe.

As if it makes a difference.

[vetran]

his asking salary was around 18K.

I think I see the problem.

[Sausage Surprise]

I interviewed a 'bob' a few years ago who had just finished his MSC in advanced computer techniques blah blah. He had finished his course and was given a highly skilled migrant visa to work here. I have to say he didnt seem to know what he had done in his MSC course. He was extremely poor in all subjects of computer science and his asking salary was around 18K.

Ah...the clincher. Much cheapness....

[fullyautomatix]

I interviewed a 'bob' a few years ago who had just finished his MSC in advanced computer techniques blah blah. He had finished his course and was given a highly skilled migrant visa to work here. I have to say he didnt seem to know what he had done in his MSC course. He was extremely poor in all subjects of computer science and his asking salary was around 18K.