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    Whinging Contractors

    Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

    #2
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
    You could always be a permie if you think that's better.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #3
      Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
      You could always be a sad, Lycra wearing, Aygo driving permie gimp if you think that's better.:
      HTH
      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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        #4
        Originally posted by Troll View Post
        HTH
        Wow. AtW, DP, Threaded and now Troll. The full complement of CUK village idiots just in time for Christmas.
        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #5
          Originally posted by sasguru View Post
          Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
          Permie bastard.
          ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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            #6
            Originally posted by sasguru View Post
            Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
            I don't think lowering your rate helps much in contracting, especially when you work through an agency. If staying in business as a contractor were as easy as lowering your rate, rates would fall in bad times, whereas in reality rates usually stay (artificially) high and the number of contractors in contract plummets instead. Most of them would prefer to be working on a lower rate I'm sure.

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              #7
              sasguru, I agree I dropped my rate this week after an in house chat. Client was happy for me to continue for another 6 months. They sacked 3 permies on the same day though so it's not all doom and glooom.

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                #8
                I'm a real contractor.. I got offered a s**t rate for a top job this week and grabbed it with both hands.
                The cycle of life: born > learn > work > learn > dead.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
                  I have seen posts on it - but why not? useful to understand what is happening in the market.

                  Very little whining about it.

                  Are you sure you are okay?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                    Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!
                    Yeah right because other business (let's see now, Farmers, Hauliers etc) never ever moan about rising costs and falling rates do they?

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