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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostYou know what? I reckon it's our old friend Agile again & people's insistence on you being there in person for their stupid dumb huddles and so you can fall asleep in tedious 3 hour long sprint retrospectives.Comment
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Originally posted by RonBW View PostAgent told me that the role was in central London, so I rented somewhere to start with.
Day before I started - "until you get clearance through, you'll be based in Slough". At least I charged them travel expenses every day to get there from London, but I could have saved a fortune by not renting in LondonThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View PostI think you're spot on to a degree.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View PostCan you be such a thing? Surely he can be either 'spot on' or he can be 'right to a degree' but not 'spot on to a degree'?Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostThere's no way I'll rent a flat any more for a contract. Way too expensive compared to the alternatives.Comment
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View PostYou're 100% correct, to a degree.Comment
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I've always found clients to be pretty honest for things like location/hours. I think they'd rather be up front than have people moaning about it afterwards - so they can say well we did tell you which seems sensible.
I have had clients who've turned out to be a bit off with weird rules. There was one who said it was policy that you couldn't leave site at lunchtime (wtf!), couldnt park on the street outside the office (it was unrestricted - but it looked scruffy!), and demanded I provide my personal mobile for free out of hours support (I will normally be happy to give my mobile to teammates as long as people dont take the p*ss - most dont).
All things I said no to and it went down like a lead balloon.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostI've always found clients to be pretty honest for things like location/hours. I think they'd rather be up front than have people moaning about it afterwards - so they can say well we did tell you which seems sensible.
I have had clients who've turned out to be a bit off with weird rules. There was one who said it was policy that you couldn't leave site at lunchtime (wtf!), couldnt park on the street outside the office (it was unrestricted - but it looked scruffy!), and demanded I provide my personal mobile for free out of hours support (I will normally be happy to give my mobile to teammates as long as people dont take the p*ss - most dont).
All things I said no to and it went down like a lead balloon.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostI've always found clients to be pretty honest for things like location/hours. I think they'd rather be up front than have people moaning about it afterwards - so they can say well we did tell you which seems sensible.
I have had clients who've turned out to be a bit off with weird rules. There was one who said it was policy that you couldn't leave site at lunchtime (wtf!), couldnt park on the street outside the office (it was unrestricted - but it looked scruffy!), and demanded I provide my personal mobile for free out of hours support (I will normally be happy to give my mobile to teammates as long as people dont take the p*ss - most dont).
All things I said no to and it went down like a lead balloon.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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