Bunch of temp employees

[OzzieExpat]

Well now this is just a suggestion, but isn't it time you all realised that you are in fact a bunch of temp employees. With IR35 & subsequent rulings why would anyone go contracting ? The regime treats you as a temp employee, contracting rates are lousy. Have they gone up in the last ten years ? You never get promoted and have no career. You are stuck being a techie - which is really looked down on these days. Agents are always trying to screw your rate down.
Is it time to admit that contracting isnt worth it ? Here's a suggestion. Leave the country. Mr GB has shagged you sensless. Get out while you still have a few quid in your pocket !

[Benny]

Oi be on the highest daily rate ever achieved in 15 years of contracting.... and if we got out where is better? the amount of aussies in the UK suggests that all is not a bed of roses out there

[sasguru]

Ah excellent. Just when I was getting bored - a real troll turns up.
Are you from Postman Prat's Australian side of the family, by any chance?

[janey]

*contented sigh*

*sits back and watches the fun begin*

[Phoenix]

Please, Please believe all of the above... go back to Aussie Land and tell all your friends.....I am better off now than I have ever been! Case closed

[OzzieExpat]

UK Is tulipe.

Pound is falling. Ozzie dollar is king. Just cause you boys haven't seen sunshine for a while is no reason to lose your senses.

You are not special. You're just temps. As in the old days, it was prefered when these staff did the typing / or coded like monkeys.

Design patterns. Don't make me laugh.

[expat]

Ozzie dollar is king.

King? King? Royalist, are we?

[Phoenix]

Your'e right....But you do sound like a permy that's just sneaked off, taking an extra long Tea break to surf the Web for porn and wind up some contractors who, quite frankly dont give a shi*.
Go back to your sunshine and far superior sheep!

[sasguru]

An Englishman wanted to transform himself into an Irishman, so he visited a doctor to find out how he could achieve this. "Well" said the doctor, "this is a very delicate operation and there is a lot that can go wrong, but I will need to remove half your brain". "Yeah, that's OK" said the Englishman. "All my life I've wanted to be Irish so I'm prepared to take the risk."
The operation went ahead and sometime later the Englishman awoke to find a look of horror on the face of the doctor. "I'm terribly sorry!" the doctor said. "Instead of removing half the brain, I've taken the whole brain out." The patient replied, "No worries, mate!! Fair Dinkum."

[Gold Dalek]

From the Jobserve Aussie Newsletter:

Welcome to the JobServe Newsletter.

General News

Increase in low-paid workers
07/04/2006(11:51)
The number of low-paid workers has increased as a proportion of the total Australian workforce, according to new research.

The number of Australians who earn less than two-thirds of the national average (less than $533 a week) has soared by as much as 600,000 over the past decade, the research reveals.

Fewer public sector jobs
31/03/2006(17:24)
Public sector jobs across Australia have fallen substantially over the past 20 years, according to a Commonwealth parliamentary library research article.

It found that public sector jobs, at federal, state and local government level, now represent just 16 per cent of total employment in Australia, compared to 26 per cent in 1984.

New workplace laws prompt union resurgence
29/03/2006(17:43)
Unions are becoming more popular as a result of new workplace legislation in Australia, new data reveals.

Bosses urged to hire Muslims
23/03/2006(14:37)
Australian employers will be encouraged to hire Muslim workers as part of a new scheme run by the Muslim Community Reference Group and the departments of Employment and Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

Bosses will be urged to hire young Muslim men in particular, as part of a bid to prevent them becoming radicalised, the Australian reports.