How are you supposed to compete as a subbie?

[button1803]

just let your work do the talking mate and that will show.

[Rupe]

What is it your actually competing for? If you have work and are gettign paid then what does it matter if everyone else is crap? Finding your own work is the only way forward.

 

Are you just a self employed person working with others for a company? If you have 12 months work then it sounds like you are an employee?

[Le Sanglier]

What is it your actually competing for? If you have work and are gettign paid then what does it matter if everyone else is crap? Finding your own work is the only way forward.

 

Are you just a self employed person working with others for a company? If you have 12 months work then it sounds like you are an employee?

 

pretty much what I was thinking

[Treeworld]

Are you just a self employed person working with others for a company? If you have 12 months work then it sounds like you are an employee?

 

Exactly what I was thinking:questionmark:

[mikecotterill]

For what difference it makes to the subject, I'm self employed with a company on an ongoing basis.

I'm looking to get out of it though as the work I'm doing is the safety side of railway work, with a de-veg gang, rather than the actual de-veg side of it. Anyone who knows rail work will know what I'm on about (site warden/lookout work).

[Le Sanglier]

For what difference it makes to the subject, I'm self employed with a company on an ongoing basis.

I'm looking to get out of it though as the work I'm doing is the safety side of railway work, with a de-veg gang, rather than the actual de-veg side of it. Anyone who knows rail work will know what I'm on about (site warden/lookout work).

 

did a bit years ago, gruesome, not suprised you want out.

[Rupe]

I was just trying to help with your question. While I do sypmathise, I have done railway work and I know what its like, the truth is your not a subbie, your employed on a very dodgy basis.

[mikecotterill]

I'm not after sympathy, unless it leads to some "normal" work!

[mikecotterill]

, the truth is your not a subbie, your employed on a very dodgy basis.

 

Yep an to make it worse I'm working for an agency! The problem being if anything goes wrong, I'm gonna end up in a right lob, as I'm not making enough "contacts" elsewhere.

[Rupe]

Yep an to make it worse I'm working for an agency! The problem being if anything goes wrong, I'm gonna end up in a right lob, as I'm not making enough "contacts" elsewhere.

 

Ah, yes thats not so good. So does the agency do any tax documentation for you? I guess you get no holiday/sick pay just hours that you work?

 

I see what you mean now then, so the agency has sent you along but you can see that everyone there is worse than you yet you are stuck on your agency rates doing crap work?

 

Ditching the agency and going direct to companies would be the only way but I guess you have tried that, and I can see that you wont make any contacts on a railway line!