The problem in the near future is the news that RR are going with 8000 redundancies in the UK.
Now the unions will want Aerospace People to be able to transfer to nuclear, so i reckon that if I manage to get in the door, it might be cut short, when the redundancies are more clear in civil engines.
As far as IR35 goes, it's designed because there's a perception that people like me are doing the same job as people in the next week, are being paid twice as much and paying half the tax.
It's all very well, but once you factor in pension, insurance, accountancy, lack of sick pay, the one week notice period, and the fact that to do it you really need to be flexible on location, which means travel expences, it's sometimes not as clear cut as you might imagine.
What I hate about IR35 is umbrellor companies and the creation of a new employment group. The zero rights employee.
At the end of the day, though if there's not much work, anything is better than nothing.