I've been out of the recruiter game for quite a while as I've been lucky enough to secure contracts directly through word of mouth etc. However...
I've been speaking to a bunch of recruiters today and all the gig specs they send me (I'm a frontend web dev) are basically just large companies building up temporary teams of "contractors" (with a few permies) to work on large "digital regeneration" projects. Asides from the skill requirements, the specs all talk of stuff like mentoring juniors, helping with appraisals, participating in, and I quote, "learning dojos", assisting with recruitment, etc.
Do people just take these contracts and work through a brolly/declare themselves caught? Or is your standard contractor in denial/ignorance? I just don't understand how these sort of gigs exist - it's the worst of both worlds (no benefits, no security) unless the rates are sky high (which they're not).
Thoughts?
I've been speaking to a bunch of recruiters today and all the gig specs they send me (I'm a frontend web dev) are basically just large companies building up temporary teams of "contractors" (with a few permies) to work on large "digital regeneration" projects. Asides from the skill requirements, the specs all talk of stuff like mentoring juniors, helping with appraisals, participating in, and I quote, "learning dojos", assisting with recruitment, etc.
Do people just take these contracts and work through a brolly/declare themselves caught? Or is your standard contractor in denial/ignorance? I just don't understand how these sort of gigs exist - it's the worst of both worlds (no benefits, no security) unless the rates are sky high (which they're not).
Thoughts?
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