danielf saidNot all temps are in low paid jobs, temporary contractors with the right skills can get paid lots of dosh.

There is a company down on the south coast now looking for poeple experienced in satellite comms uplink equipment, they have won a big contract and have been looking for months to fill posts. They are paying between £30-40 an hour with temp contracts ranging from 3-12 months, I am doing exactly the same type of work for a company permanently, I have been saying no o the agencies because I dont want to spend all week working away from home anymore.

These hourly rates are being paid because this country has a severe lack of skilled people in certain technologies. It makes you wonder though when some companies say to engineers "You know where the door is if you don't like it":rolleyes:

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WTF are you sure russ :confused:

I've paid temps £30/h+ for periods of over 24 months - now that's temping...:shrug:

EDIT: Should have said "Contractors"

Yes, I think calling these people temps is somewhat misleading (or confusing really) ;)

Russ is right.
I know that agency nurses in London get paid a minimum of at least £20 an hour and depending on their grade and speciality, up to circa £35 an hour.
Do not confuse this with the average wage of a recently qualified nurse in the NHS... it is considerably less. Because of this.... more and more nurses are leaving the NHS to do agency work or are at least doing it to supplement the wage they already earn.
This means that the NHS service is unable to fill empty nursing posts with full-time permanent staff.. and are having to take on more agency staff who are more expensive to make ends meet.
A vicious circle....

ah i see i thought he meant all nurses but i thought the higher grade more experianced nurses would get that amount anyway

but the agency nurses pay is that high too :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Wish I got paid that much :(

It is the case in most industries that if you are a contractor (or temp), you get paid a lot more.. You lose job security (in theory) though.

Actually, it is ironic, that when I did some invoice clearing for the Catering Department of our local hospital, we were getting rid of kitchen staff "to save money" and then having to take on temps at twice (or three times) the cost to cover the workload. Never did understand the logic behind that..

As to nurses pay, well, it can be good. I have a friend who is a nurse, and is earning more than I do for less than half the hours a week I do (I do around 40, she does around 15-20). I am in the wrong job...