An Agency's View

[MrMarkyMark]

Completely agree with this ultimately but I'm guessing there will be some hard work needed to find and use them. Working from home and trying to convince yourself you are a 'Janice', sticking yourself on Digital Specialists won't cut it IMO.

There's actually a few on here that would have no problem pulling that off (If you will excuse the term )

[NotAllThere]

PS will have to be an utter shambles...

You mean it isn't now already?

[northernladuk]

You mean it isn't now already?

Well there is that lol.

[Whorty]

so this thread which had a catch title turned into a waste of 5 mins trawling through.

I think people are missing the elephant in the room here.

PS will offer quite a few opportunities for contractors seeing as many are jumping ship.

I don't buy the notion that decent contractors will not be interested. Contractors go where the money/opportunities are... Yes it may look as though the best money may be had in the Private sector, but watch the rates decline as more bodies competing.

Supply and Demand!

Thanks

I actually agree with you though, if the rates after any tax hits are still good, contractors will still do the work. This will require a rate rise but I don't know if the PS clients will swallow that.

TBH I only started the thread to report a conversation I'd had with an agency, and I hadn't noticed anyone else say the exact same thing; yes we hear that contractors in the PS will want to come over to private sector, but will the private sector want them? Those embedded in PS culture may struggle to prove they can hack it in the private sector.

[northernladuk]

Whorty. Do you work in the PS?

[barrydidit]

Personally I am seeing this as an opportunity. Projects still need doing and public services still need to run.

Very true. In the midst of chaos there is also opportunity

Who knows, I would expect that the oft mentioned 'skills shortage' will mean that opportunity passes to those who will do the needful on the cheap.

Completely agree with this ultimately but I'm guessing there will be some hard work needed to find and use them. Working from home and trying to convince yourself you are a 'Janice', sticking yourself on Digital Specialists won't cut it IMO.

I thought it was fine if you closed the curtains

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

I thought it was fine if you closed the easy clean curtains

[eek]

Who knows, I would expect that the oft mentioned 'skills shortage' will mean that opportunity passes to those who will do the needful on the cheap.

I'm tempted to suggest that any public sector contractors unable to find work in April should sign on for the 6-12 months of contribuation based benefits you can get. But I really don't want NLUK insulting me for going all psychocandy

[Antman]

I think that PS rates not being subject to market forces is off the mark. I remember looking for a permie role and PS were paying more than private at the time.

[eek]

I think that PS rates not being subject to market forces is off the mark. I remember looking for a permie role and PS were paying more than private at the time.

On this contract clientco were surprised every potential contractor came in at the same rate.

Even though I've spent x months telling them they still can't grasp that when you set the rate every agents just sends people through at that rate and that most of them (being useless and tulip) were previously on less.

I then pointed out that I was usually on (a fair whack) more but took it because of the challenge and the pile of customizations I could write to fix their problems and then sell elsewhere....