Thanks everyone for your replies, just to reaffirm as the OP I dont intend to apply for JSA benefits and I didn't bring this up someone else on this thread did (as a joke originally or so I suspected). I literally started this thread to cry that I'm on the bench and nothing is moving my way and I'm not happy about it so wanted to know who else is on the same boat aka misery loves company....
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Originally posted by Lilibet View PostThanks everyone for your replies, just to reaffirm as the OP I dont intend to apply for JSA benefits and I didn't bring this up someone else on this thread did (as a joke originally or so I suspected). I literally started this thread to cry that I'm on the bench and nothing is moving my way and I'm not happy about it so wanted to know who else is on the same boat aka misery loves company....
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostNLUK - all I ever do is advise fellow contractors on the bench that its an option. Make your own mind up.
All I ever did was claim it once. Not a "flag of pride" at all. A contractor on the bench for too long is doing something wrong. Im hardly going to boast IRL to my mates that I can't get a gig and I'm on benefits, am I? (they do know I claimed "between" gigs though).
And I'd certainly rather not do it again to be honest. It was appropriate at the time for me though.Comment
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On bench since Dec. Not in a hurry to get the next, therefore not watching jobsites 24/7. But responding to messages that comes directly to LinkedIn Inbox and getting my hands dirty with Cloud technologies.
Big Data market is very good. Last week alone had three F2F, one got offered and awaiting on the other two.Comment
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Originally posted by Lilibet View PostThanks everyone for your replies, just to reaffirm as the OP I dont intend to apply for JSA benefits and I didn't bring this up someone else on this thread did (as a joke originally or so I suspected). I literally started this thread to cry that I'm on the bench and nothing is moving my way and I'm not happy about it so wanted to know who else is on the same boat aka misery loves company....
Hardly surprising the way work visas are being printed like confetti for the outsourcers to flood the country with IT workers from cheaper countries.Comment
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostI know lots of people on the bench, so dont take it too hard.
Hardly surprising the way work visas are being printed like confetti for the outsourcers to flood the country with IT workers from cheaper countries.Comment
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On bench atm, having got kudos points for terminating gig a week early - had finished the work so informed client to save them money. Yeah, not standard contractor "milk it" behaviour, but client were pretty good all the way along due to outside circumstances and I'd worked there before anyway. Keeps relations incredibly friendly, means chances of further work in a really good environment increased.
Had a certain agency ring this morning, wanting face to face meeting to discuss what they could do for me - humoured them, obviously. They want passport etc information without any roles being discussed, because it then meant they could send my details over to clients immediately... naturally, the info required in the email later sent included referees... I didn't even bother pointing out they hadn't requested permission to retain my details under GDPR...Comment
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostHardly surprising the way work visas are being printed like confetti for the outsourcers to flood the country with IT workers from cheaper countries.Comment
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Originally posted by molsang View PostThere are quite a bit upmarket non-UK born contractors as well who arrived in deep recession post 2008 to test luck and done remarkably well. The problem in UK is education system and partly cultural, not many UK born highly skilled people.Comment
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Originally posted by Lilibet View PostSecuring work visas for international workers is incredibly hard and has not been financially worth it for most UK based businesses. EU workers are a different story as they don't require a visa to work. I know of heaps of IT workers (and not just IT) from Poland, Eastern Europe, Western Europe etc who can give native UK born a run for their money in terms of skills, professionalism and drive. In terms of costs they are not cheaper than UK born and why should they be - its a free market. As a business you want to hire the best person for the role not always the cheapest oneComment
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