23rd April 2010, 02:44 PM
Future Fears would certainly include the seemingly downward spiral of charge-out rates presumably in a desparate attempt to win work that will ultimately just lead to more job losses. That has nothing to do with workers from overseas, however, more to do with a lack of thought for anyone else. I was recently inadvertantly told by an agent that they had been quoted ?450 for a rapid DBA and ?210 per day on site for a watching brief. Now, that seems insanely cheap (although I don't know how old these figures were, but I don't think that old and there may be more behind them). Knowing the organisation involved and the distance it would be to the site I can only assume the person doing the work would be covering the extra travelling time unpaid, which seems to be a regular occurance anyway. I struggle to see how anyone can survive unless they have some sort of subsidy on some of the rates that are currently being banded about.
It basically means that if you want to trry and pay your staff as well as you can and don't want them to have do unpaid overtime you're screwed!
It basically means that if you want to trry and pay your staff as well as you can and don't want them to have do unpaid overtime you're screwed!