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[Doctor Gollum]

Only you can limit yourself.

No shame in cleaning toilets to put food on the table.

Or, to put that another way, if honest work is beneath you, you deserve to be unemployed...

[New POD]

Only you can limit yourself.

No shame in cleaning toilets to put food on the table.

Or, to put that another way, if honest work is beneath you, you deserve to be unemployed...

  did I make it seem like that.  Oh no. I might be miserable occassionally.
I'm not afraid of work at minimum wage.
My contract finishes today, and on Monday I will furlough myself through my limited company.  Given that I didn't have a great last year, I'm taking a little time off.  However, my understanding is that as long as I don't work via my LTD company i can go paye or umbrella, or even self employed whilst I wait for "Real work"

In other news an Engineering company has taken my details and has put me forward for a job I've done previously at a factory that makes new clear reactors for BAE in Derby. I've filled in the security forms and they seem to think  it will be  4 weeks to get clearance.
 Not wanting to be a miserable git and it's not in the bag by any means, but they've decided it's inside IR35 and I can't do it via my LTD company.  Also I'd rather like it to be 8 weeks.  There's no possibility of remote working, so it presents a few other issues.  But hey it's possitive.

[Doctor Gollum]

Positive news

[Viral_Jim]

Glad to hear you have found something. A lot of companies' approach to IR35 had been both lazy and short sighted. My dad and two of his friends were doing config for Airbus down in Filton, overnight they wanted him to go page, suddenly his commuting, B&B etc all became non tax deductible.

Consequently, being as it is a free market economy, they all quit, because the job was no longer viable. Fortunately, being 67 and with a house to renovate, my dad doesn't need the work immediately, our family friends, not so fortunate

I'm not sure what IR35 was trying to achieve, beyond some political stunt, but I'm reasonably sure it hasn't done it. 

[New POD]

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.

[New POD]

Or not bleak.  RC phoned yesterday to say the hiring manager has been having to work part time as they have kids and his wife works in a hospital, but he wants a telephone interview next week. I said "Any time, just need 1 hours notice"

[STEMO]

Or not bleak.  RC phoned yesterday to say the hiring manager has been having to work part time as they have kids and his wife works in a hospital, but he wants a telephone interview next week. I said "Any time, just need 1 hours notice"

For the interview or to start work? 

[New POD]

Interview.  The later I start work the better.   I haven't had enough holiday last year or the year before. And I have a few jobs to do around the house.
He seems to think, that security would be 3 to 4  weeks. 

I have a house in Uttoxeter I can live in. During the week.

[BazaJT]

Best of luck with your interview,hope it turns out well for you

[Sir Tigger KC]

Best of luck with your interview,hope it turns out well for you

^^This^^ 

All the best of British Pod! 

[New POD]

Well it's not going well.
Derby job is on hold.
Barrow job is still live, but they've had no feedback.  They think it will be July before they get any.
I have applied for every permie and contract job, which I'm qualified for from Glasgow to Leicester and across to Worcester.
Feedback ?  We usually get 3 applicants. We've had 300.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/logicalimprovementprojects.

So am furloughed via my LTD company, have deferred my VAT and applied for the business bounce back loan.

Some days I think I've woken up in a surreal dream.

[Doctor Gollum]

Borrowing twice from the government won't help any...

Plenty of work out there, but you have to want to do it

https://www.cv-library.co.uk/job/107861355/Armature-Winder for example...

[New POD]

Thanks.  I have applied for that and 10 other jobs this week so far.

[New POD]

Borrowing twice from the government won't help any...

Plenty of work out there, but you have to want to do it

https://www.cv-library.co.uk/job/107861355/Armature-Winder for example...

Now, that says £14 an hour. Not much less than I was making when I had a permanent job 11 years ago. The problem is: Are they really going to take a chartered engineer seriously? I've lied and said I know how to wind armatures. (I know how to wind solenoid bobbins though)
Feel free to connect with me
https://www.linkedin.com/in/logicalimprovementprojects

[Doctor Gollum]

I've just applied for a 20% pay cut, just in case I get made redundant in the next month or so... but it is a job I had an interview for last year.

You can either grumble at stagnant wages, (which aren't a new concept in the real world when wages froze in response to Poland joining the EU), or get to work.

£594 pm universal credit will be less than ANY job you can do, regardless of qualification.