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Isimmo · 31-05-12, 10:39 PM

I think there are several things that get 'innocently' missed when talking salaries, wages or employed income, and they include Employers NI contribution, Pension and employee 'expenses' (sick pay, statutary obligations etc)... These can be significant burdens for employers to take on full time staff, and in hard times, enough to see short term contract staff (eg, bereft of such burden) a more attractive option in unstable times....

To ask a simple question, if I said 'stable job, £20k, sick pay and pension' or short term contract £30k, no sick pay or pension.... The individual personal Curcumstance is the deciding factor, not the 'product' (job)...

Where this becomes tricky (for both sectors) is when a skill or a role becomes legislatively mandatory and specialist. Put simply, you need it, pay up, or go without.... Virus .... Can we go without, must we pay up, do we need it....

In simple terms, offer a service, skill or product that is sufficiently specialist to corner a market... And I'll even give an example...

A few years ago I worked alongside a small team who we're structural engineers... A Skilled Occupation, but not, uncommon... However, they were also qualified divers, and this combination saw a staggering increase in work, and increase in 'per job' fee... For the loss of structures to erosion and scour is unthinkable, yet a real risk, that very few can structurally survey...

31-05-12, 10:39 PM	#6
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	I think there are several things that get 'innocently' missed when talking salaries, wages or employed income, and they include Employers NI contribution, Pension and employee 'expenses' (sick pay, statutary obligations etc)... These can be significant burdens for employers to take on full time staff, and in hard times, enough to see short term contract staff (eg, bereft of such burden) a more attractive option in unstable times.... To ask a simple question, if I said 'stable job, £20k, sick pay and pension' or short term contract £30k, no sick pay or pension.... The individual personal Curcumstance is the deciding factor, not the 'product' (job)... Where this becomes tricky (for both sectors) is when a skill or a role becomes legislatively mandatory and specialist. Put simply, you need it, pay up, or go without.... Virus .... Can we go without, must we pay up, do we need it.... In simple terms, offer a service, skill or product that is sufficiently specialist to corner a market... And I'll even give an example... A few years ago I worked alongside a small team who we're structural engineers... A Skilled Occupation, but not, uncommon... However, they were also qualified divers, and this combination saw a staggering increase in work, and increase in 'per job' fee... For the loss of structures to erosion and scour is unthinkable, yet a real risk, that very few can structurally survey... __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.