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There was a significant part of the UK IT consulting market which was not really consulting though right? People turning up and doing the same job day in day ou
by VBprogrammer 4y ago
There was a significant part of the UK IT consulting market which was not really consulting though right? People turning up and doing the same job day in day out for months or years.
At least in the IT industry people legitimately had some freedoms. I was amused to learn that a lot of lorry drivers were operating as contractors outside IR35. Not even those driving their own vehicles. The driving regulations make it pretty difficult for one driver to do anything different from another driver.
- PUSH_AX 4y ago100%. I’m a contractor, and for many companies and recruiters it was a wink wink nudge nudge arrangement to keep a gravy train running. An element of that will return when the reform is scrapped.
- VBprogrammer 4y agoComically the revert of the revert has now been pushed and we're back to businesses deciding inside or outside of IR35.