I apologise if I am sounding a bit negative when it comes to employment matters but I haven't had many good experiences recently.
You may ask why I just don't go and get a permanent job. Well, in my industry it's not that easy. Many clients prefer to work on a project basis and like flexibility ie easiness of getting rid of contractors and lack of commitment on their part.
There are, of course, many pros about contracting such as not having to get involved in office politics attend team building days etc.
Having said that, I'd rather have a permanent job or a long-term contract than few weeks of rebranding.
Recruitment agencies are getting worse day by day. Why so many companies use them in the age of google is a mystery. I once had a contract in HR and in all honesty, I didn’t have a clue what most people were doing!
Many agencies no longer run their own payroll but instead ask you to form a limited company or use an umbrella company. Some contractors claim this is beneficial. However, from my personal experience, this is an unnecessary intermediary yet again and may actually complicate tax affairs, depending on how good the umbrella is. You also have to pay a fee to your umbrella, so it's not worth taking a day's or two's ad hoc booking.
Umbrella's can be useful in IT where day rates may reach thousands but with an admin booking paying Ł100 a day is just not worth it.
I'm now even more convinced that I must leave the UK as soon as practicable. All this headache of having to chase payments due to lack of communication between the agency and umbrella is pissing me off big time!
You may ask why I just don't go and get a permanent job. Well, in my industry it's not that easy. Many clients prefer to work on a project basis and like flexibility ie easiness of getting rid of contractors and lack of commitment on their part.
There are, of course, many pros about contracting such as not having to get involved in office politics attend team building days etc.
Having said that, I'd rather have a permanent job or a long-term contract than few weeks of rebranding.
Recruitment agencies are getting worse day by day. Why so many companies use them in the age of google is a mystery. I once had a contract in HR and in all honesty, I didn’t have a clue what most people were doing!
Many agencies no longer run their own payroll but instead ask you to form a limited company or use an umbrella company. Some contractors claim this is beneficial. However, from my personal experience, this is an unnecessary intermediary yet again and may actually complicate tax affairs, depending on how good the umbrella is. You also have to pay a fee to your umbrella, so it's not worth taking a day's or two's ad hoc booking.
Umbrella's can be useful in IT where day rates may reach thousands but with an admin booking paying Ł100 a day is just not worth it.
I'm now even more convinced that I must leave the UK as soon as practicable. All this headache of having to chase payments due to lack of communication between the agency and umbrella is pissing me off big time!
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