Recent content by Rasta Pickles

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    Working as a contractor?

    Aren't there all kinds of "perks" with a limited company? As in, I work 30 days @ £500 a day which my company invoices them for......but I don't have to draw that as a salary, I can only pay myself a notional amount to avoid tax? Plus I can claim 45p a mile for travelling? Or have I...
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    Working as a contractor?

    Hello, A brave new world awaits me. I am due to retire from a very busy PAYE life and my line manager says the company will have no problems paying £500 a day to me as an external contractor to assist in some major projects due to be delivered over the next 24 months. That's not £500 a day, 5...
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    Resigning - best practice?

    Yes, good advice, I know that others who have left before me have had the spotlight turned on them and been asked "is there anything we can do to keep you?"
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    Resigning - best practice?

    Thanks both. I have full, unhindered access to both HR and Payroll systems as part of my role involves all manner of reporting from these two environments so I did wonder about the notice period; maybe they might say "leave right away".
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    Resigning - best practice?

    Hope someone can help with what is probably a very simple scenario. I have never had to offer my resignation before (I've either been made redundant or have worked on fixed-term contracts). What's the best way to do it? I have my template letter courtesy of various forums so that isn't the...
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    If an interviewee used this phrase.....

    Thanks for the responses, much appreciated. The "polishing a turd" reference came about as a result of being asked about reports the guy was being asked to maintain / update in his current role and he stated that they weren't fit for purpose and that the reason he was looking to leave was...
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    If an interviewee used this phrase.....

    ...."polishing a turd" during an interview, would it colour your judgement about their suitability?
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    Dashboard - what would YOU want to see?

    Just gauging ideas..... You have an MI software package that can tell you every single thing about the performance of your business. But sometimes, less is more. You want a single dashboard that gives you key metrics in simple graphical terms. What would you choose? I'm guessing at, say...
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    Starting up a coffeehouse?

    With respect, to get the sort of volume of footfall into your shop that you need to make a living from it, you have to deal with all sections of the British public. And that means, for the most part, chavs. You can't pick and choose your punters. Chavs don't ponder about the effort that...
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    Best address for a business that works online?

    A genuine question; if they use your address as their "registered address", does that mean bailiffs can enter your property and seize your goods if the need arises? Because otherwise it seems like a risk-free nice little earner and I might grab myself a piece of it.
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    Workplace Discrimination

    No angst here, a Polish guy who used to live next door to me told me it was "an honour and a privilege" to have a job and I have taken his attitude on board. He also admitted that many of his kith and kin were prone to criminal behaviour because that was part and parcel of their life back...
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    Social Media?

    :D:D:D:D Stop it, you're cracking me up. Anyway, I'm distracting you, I'm sure you need to update your status to reflect the fact that you just farted outide of Burger King in Weymouth :rolleyes:
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    Workplace Discrimination

    There are apparently 1.2m Eastern Europeans employed here these days (Government figures) and fair play to them even allowing for their apparent propensity to criminal activity. So I very much doubt there is any discrimination going on.
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    Workplace Discrimination

    Given the ridiculous numbers of Eastern European natives employed in the UK, I'd have thought a cv with the name Agnieska Tomaszewski on it would be a plus?
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    Please will you fill in my questionnaire

    I bailed out at "However we will be charging customers around £5 because of our impressive results". Hallmarks of a scam.
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