Dear all,
I would cut Lord Spandex Masher some slack.
His arguments, in my opinion, are sound. Just because what he says may sound old fashioned doesn't mean they're irrelevant.
A zero hours, no guarantees of income contract means one thing only: heartache going forward. Ever tried getting a mortgage on such a contract when your 25 year old girlfriend gets pregnant (congratulations by the way)?
Our profession used to be worth something.
Now, it seems youngsters are happy to get into £100k+ debt in order to live the dream: an 0350z report for NRN-SXF-NRN-ZAZ-NRN or whatever for 5 days in a row. See the World? See a f?cling psychiatrist more like.
What Spandex is saying is spot on. Listen to him when it comes to zero hours, standby contracts.