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[northernladuk]

They are of concern if they are beginning to replace pukka contract roles.

But if someone can do it for two years and possibly more it wasn't a pukka contract role at all.

Gov departments use them as the standard way of engaging permies so they are replacing our gig's.

[SueEllen]

The issue with a lot of FTC is that they are neither contract roles, or permanent roles with benefits e.g. pension so actually an abuse of workers

Some councils were taken to task under the Labour government for using them for the latter reason.

If they come with the pensions etc then they are suited to permies who change roles every 2 or so years.

[jamesbrown]

Never ceases to amaze me. Surely the person responsible for this budget knows that the only people who are going to apply for this will be either a) crap or b) desperate.

Why go for crap or desperate when you can have both for the same low, fixed, price?

[clearedforlanding]

Why go for crap or desperate when you can have both for the same low, fixed, price?

The problem is the desperate plug hole is starting to have a lot of "no-so-crap" people swirling around it, mortgages to pay, kids to feed etc.

As they start to feed the FTC requirements it changes the landscape.

[Boney M]

The problem is the desperate plug hole is starting to have a lot of "no-so-crap" people swirling around it, mortgages to pay, kids to feed etc.

As they start to feed the FTC requirements it changes the landscape.

exactly this

[SussexSeagull]

Must confess most of the FTC people I have worked with have ended up as permanent.

I really don't think it is anything for us to worry about.

[piotrkula]

Agreed. Allot of companies are starving for developers at 25K rates, and the best they can offer is the equivalent in day rate for a contractor.. just to get somebody in, anybody, just do that HTML for us pleeeease.
There are tons of proper contracts out there, just a bit of a waiting game and when one does come up you need to trust your agent to get you in quick.