proper contractors?

[Bagpuss]

Work away from home, live out of a suitcase, local barmaids know their tipple, have a drink problem, never do a contract more than 18 months.

Pretend contractors; go home every night , live local to the site, contract at the same site for years.

Discuss...

[SallyAnne]

Work away from home, live out of a suitcase, local barmaids know their tipple, have a drink problem, never do a contract more than 18 months.

Pretend contractors; go home every night , live local to the site, contract at the same site for years.

Discuss...

Do you work on the IR35 team at HMRC by any chance?

[Bagpuss]

Do you work on the IR35 team at HMRC by any chance?

If it walks like a duck

[Burdock]

If it walks like a duck

It must want a f**K?

[SallyAnne]

If it walks like a duck

Stick it in a pancake?

[sasguru]

Work away from home, live out of a suitcase, local barmaids know their tipple, have a drink problem, never do a contract more than 18 months.

Pretend contractors; go home every night , live local to the site, contract at the same site for years.

Discuss...

Local barmaids knew more than my tipple, I can tell yer! Fnah Fnah!


*must stop drinking at lunchtime

[gingerjedi]

Work away from home, live out of a suitcase, local barmaids know their tipple, have a drink problem, never do a contract more than 18 months.

New contractors obsessed by the new found wealth will do this.

Pretend contractors; go home every night , live local to the site, contract at the same site for years.

Money in the bank, work life balance sorted out... smart contractors do this.

The longer I have been in this game the choosier I get, if I can’t commute I don’t do it and I have never felt happier.

...On the other hand if I was single I would be working in Amsterdam living out of a suitcase blowing my cash on coke and whores

[Maxamus]

...On the other hand if I was single I would be working in Amsterdam living out of a suitcase blowing my cash on coke and whores

im not single and i still do that

[lukemg]

Damn - busted. 11 years, 6 companies, only ever worked away for the first one - for 6 months.
Done some hefty commutes though, around the hour - 1.5 hour mark (cue tales of 4 hours through snowstorms).
If you can get home - why not ?

[Bluebird]

I never take a contract outside of communte distance, but I also don't stay at the same site for more than 12 months either.


I like the money
I like the variety
I like going home every night to my woman

I don't like living out of a suitcase and being a sad lonely individual who counts barmaids as his/her best mates - so I don't do that bit.

I'm happy - if that makes me a pretend contractor then so be it - I'm still happy.

You with no home and the suitcase - are you happy ?

PS