# Oh dear... contracting (UK)

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**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oh-dear-contracting-uk/221189 "2007-04-02T11:28:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![m\_andrews808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@m\_andrews808](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_andrews808)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/oh-dear-contracting-uk/221189/1 "2007-04-02T11:28:05Z")

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my company’s been making redundancies, and I am one of the many to go. Its a real shame because I really enjoyed the work, making games, it was varied, challenging and at times cutting edge. But theres no point dwelling on it.

I undercut myself considerably going into this role, and now I consider myself to be well accomplished/experienced as a flash developer I thought its about time I try for a decent wage from it. In a word, contracting.

So I’m really asking for existing contractors insights into making such a decision. How hard is it to set up, how likely are you to be screwed over by a company, what pitfalls are there and how to avoid. Just a general (flash) contracting discussion

thanks