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What do you think will happen to agencies next April?
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostBolshie - spot on. I dont think clients will care a jot.
What will happen is there will be less candidates because less will want to travel because of the costs. And the 7.5% will make the rate less in effect.
Then clients will just moan they cant get people but nothing will happen.Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostExtremely naive imo. Clients want contractors then treat them like employees so they already exercise D&C to some extent. The supervision context is so broad virtually every contractor will be caught. And I dont think clients will look for the cheaper option at all.
They wont pay increased rates as they dont see our 'expenses' as their concern.
All that's going to happen is that current government contracts will start to look more appealing if they are on your doorstep.
In some cases you will be right and some clients I have worked for assume D&C and indeed they encourage their contractors to act as employees. That extends to tax affairs.
I am also well aware of contractors that stay at the same place for years and move from project to project as requested.
However, some of the big clients I have worked for have absolutely no interest in your personal tax affairs or supervising you. You are expected to come in and do a professional job without any supervision on their part. They state what they want, but how you do it is up to you.
Clients frequently want the cheaper option and have rate cards in place that ensure that is what they get. As an example, I don't know of anyone of any repute who will go to LBC as a project manager due to the rates they offer. What I am aware of is a number of PMO people who have gone to LBC as PMs as the rate is higher than they get as PMO and it gives them a start as a PM.
If end clients end up having to pay the employers NI due to D&C then they will want that off the rate card. If payroll is involved then they will see that as an opportunity to offer more fixed term contracts.Comment
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Originally posted by GB9 View PostSpeaking from 16 years contracting experience I don't think i'm naive at all.
In some cases you will be right and some clients I have worked for assume D&C and indeed they encourage their contractors to act as employees. That extends to tax affairs.
I am also well aware of contractors that stay at the same place for years and move from project to project as requested.
However, some of the big clients I have worked for have absolutely no interest in your personal tax affairs or supervising you. You are expected to come in and do a professional job without any supervision on their part. They state what they want, but how you do it is up to you.
Clients frequently want the cheaper option and have rate cards in place that ensure that is what they get. As an example, I don't know of anyone of any repute who will go to LBC as a project manager due to the rates they offer. What I am aware of is a number of PMO people who have gone to LBC as PMs as the rate is higher than they get as PMO and it gives them a start as a PM.
If end clients end up having to pay the employers NI due to D&C then they will want that off the rate card. If payroll is involved then they will see that as an opportunity to offer more fixed term contracts.
Ive worked for some blue chip FTSE companies in Finance and Utilities and they all wanted contractors but then tried to treat you as a permie. Yeah they expect you to know your stuff and work without supervision but the majority of them dont want you swanning in and leaving anytime you want to. Must be here during core time remember. Current client wants you to have 'leave' 'authorised' which wasnt how it was last time I worked there.
Hell, one Utility company the first question they asked was 'And why do you want to work for xxx utility company, Bolshie?'
Of course there are exceptions but the exceptions are the minority and things are going to get worse.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostWell I can trump only 16 years contracting and I still think you're being naive.
Ive worked for some blue chip FTSE companies in Finance and Utilities and they all wanted contractors but then tried to treat you as a permie. Yeah they expect you to know your stuff and work without supervision but the majority of them dont want you swanning in and leaving anytime you want to. Must be here during core time remember. Current client wants you to have 'leave' 'authorised' which wasnt how it was last time I worked there.
Hell, one Utility company the first question they asked was 'And why do you want to work for xxx utility company, Bolshie?'
Of course there are exceptions but the exceptions are the minority and things are going to get worse.
If nothing else it increases the cost of having a contractor.Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostWell I can trump only 16 years contracting and I still think you're being naive.
Ive worked for some blue chip FTSE companies in Finance and Utilities and they all wanted contractors but then tried to treat you as a permie. Yeah they expect you to know your stuff and work without supervision but the majority of them dont want you swanning in and leaving anytime you want to. Must be here during core time remember. Current client wants you to have 'leave' 'authorised' which wasnt how it was last time I worked there.
Hell, one Utility company the first question they asked was 'And why do you want to work for xxx utility company, Bolshie?'
Of course there are exceptions but the exceptions are the minority and things are going to get worse.
I've worked for 8 FTSE 40 companies including Insurance, Retail bank and Pharma, plus a few FTSE 250. 19 clients in total.
I suppose in reality how you are treated comes down to how much you are wanted by them and also their own culture.
One client I didn't attend site for 4 weeks. They didn't care as the work got done and progress was very visible. Another client most people went home at 2 on a Friday as long as their work was complete. They were fine with that. With most clients I have worked off site as and when it suits me. I inform the client when I am going on leave. I don't ask for authorisation. If they don't like it they can get someone else.
Of course there are some clients that would like you to have been permie. I was at one in the last few years and their attitude ended up in me leaving.
What happens if the rules change I have no idea. If the only contracts available are under SDC then that's what I will have to take. But until it changes.......Comment
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