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<blockquote data-quote="steptoe" data-source="post: 350873" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>a good few years ago I did almost solely agency work,</p><p></p><p>and it paid about double or treble rate the normal site guys were on,</p><p></p><p>but, and a BIG BUT,</p><p></p><p>although the work was fairly steady, it was flat out graft full time with no days off,</p><p></p><p>we [i say we, there was a sort of team of us] were pulled in to jobs that were falling behind on jobs with big penalty clauses.</p><p></p><p>7 days a week, as many hours as you could hack in a day, sleeping on site, maybe even in the back of your van,</p><p></p><p>perhaps 2 or 3months at a time,</p><p></p><p>nowadays, well, its up to you, work is work,</p><p></p><p>I wouldnt ever do normal agency work if I could help it,</p><p></p><p>but, if you have no work, and it feeds your family, then do it,</p><p></p><p>my only advice to you is get your own UTR number and make them pay you CIS ,!</p><p></p><p>do NOT let them tell you they cant, you will then be able to claim back some expenses etc at the end of the year,</p><p></p><p>as for their charges, well, thats up to you accepting them employing you, a bit like any employer, they only employ you if you make them money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steptoe, post: 350873, member: 7"] a good few years ago I did almost solely agency work, and it paid about double or treble rate the normal site guys were on, but, and a BIG BUT, although the work was fairly steady, it was flat out graft full time with no days off, we [i say we, there was a sort of team of us] were pulled in to jobs that were falling behind on jobs with big penalty clauses. 7 days a week, as many hours as you could hack in a day, sleeping on site, maybe even in the back of your van, perhaps 2 or 3months at a time, nowadays, well, its up to you, work is work, I wouldnt ever do normal agency work if I could help it, but, if you have no work, and it feeds your family, then do it, my only advice to you is get your own UTR number and make them pay you CIS ,! do NOT let them tell you they cant, you will then be able to claim back some expenses etc at the end of the year, as for their charges, well, thats up to you accepting them employing you, a bit like any employer, they only employ you if you make them money. [/QUOTE]
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