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treliac

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

The "working class" is now a minority in the UK. Outnumbered by professionals.

Interesting point and one it would be good to test out. Our demography is changing rapidly. For example, we have increasing numbers of graduates who cannot find jobs at all, except perhaps unskilled jobs, which is bound to change our perception of 'professional'.

If the govt is successful in getting swathes of benefit claimants back into work (big 'if', ok!) the overall picture of the workforce will again change to reflect that.

treliac

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Yes, but the following statement is just not true.

I've highlighted the relevant words.....



My point is that is simply not the case, our company for example almost never uses agency staff. It's just too expensive.

Agreed.

And, in contrast to yours, DH's company uses mainly agency staff because it's too expensive to issue permanent contracts.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

treliac wrote: »

Agreed.

And, in contrast to yours, DH's company uses mainly agency staff because it's too expensive to issue permanent contracts.

Absolutely.

I don't claim for a second no company uses agency staff. But I'll argue the point all day long if someone claims all large companies only use agency staff.