Does anyone know any clients that are desperate enough to take developers from France as I have a database of French and other EU skilled workers?
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Is this from the UK Border Agency's most wanted list ?Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostDoes anyone know any clients that are desperate enough to take developers from France as I have a database of French and other EU skilled workers? -
More desperate than your clients?Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostDoes anyone know any clients that are desperate enough to take developers from France as I have a database of French and other EU skilled workers?Comment
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Only if they can pay them less than Bobs.
More seriously what is their English like?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Merde.Originally posted by SueEllen View PostMore seriously what is their English like?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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French rates are usually considerably lower than UK ones, so you should be able to undercut them. Of course, should Brexit happen, you won't be able to do anything with them.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostDoes anyone know any clients that are desperate enough to take developers from France as I have a database of French and other EU skilled workers?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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It's also a case of you get what you pay for. Working with 2 different French consultancies in the past 1 UK permie was usually as effective as 2 Frenchies....Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostFrench rates are usually considerably lower than UK ones, so you should be able to undercut them. Of course, should Brexit happen, you won't be able to do anything with them.
To provide equivalent work I used to waste all week and code from 3-5pm on a Friday....merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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What a helpful little lot you are. I ask a question about which skills are needed and maybe where and instead I get a run down of French IT workers and Brexit and just about anything else anyone cares to want to dip in with!Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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What's the % of your cut, you are undoubtedly offeringOriginally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWhat a helpful little lot you are. I ask a question about which skills are needed and maybe where and instead I get a run down of French IT workers and Brexit and just about anything else anyone cares to want to dip in with!
The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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