3 Week Christmas / NY Contractor Freeze

[northernladuk]

Of course, it's going to be nice not having a client for a while so that I can get on with working on alternative income streams. better?

Approved.

[SussexSeagull]

On a more general point, if the Summer shut down and Christmas furlough grow anymore they are going to meet in the middle!

[LondonManc]

On a more general point, if the Summer shut down and Christmas furlough grow anymore they are going to meet in the middle!

What summer shutdown? That's just for factories in't north isn't it?

[SussexSeagull]

What summer shutdown? That's just for factories in't north isn't it?

I was thinking of when everyone goes on holiday and British business goes into this strange half-life during August.

I am 43 but this I remember when only having Christmas Day and Boxing Day off was the default. Now most permies think having two weeks off is their birthright.

Nostalgia - not what it used to be.

[LondonManc]

I was thinking of when everyone goes on holiday and British business goes into this strange half-life during August.

I am 43 but this I remember when only having Christmas Day and Boxing Day off was the default. Now most permies think having two weeks off is their birthright.

Nostalgia - not what it used to be.

Back then, though, shops used to close on Sundays and had half days on Wednesday so they could have a balanced life.

[Nayab]

I don't do Xmas or Easter or New Year. As a result I worked the bank holiday shifts in addition to my normal shifts at a perm role a few years ago. 5 years of tripe time bonuses at about 6 days per year. Helped pay for my divorce

I am from a poor working class background so I am of the ethic "You keep paying, I'll keep working"

[northernladuk]

What's your perm experience got to do with a contracting forum?

Gotta say fella, all your bluff and bluster about how much you've got and what you do ain't endearing yourself to me... But you've got an MCSE so you must be good.

What you don't appear to have though, is a clue and a gig.

[SueEllen]

I don't do Xmas or Easter or New Year. As a result I worked the bank holiday shifts in addition to my normal shifts at a perm role a few years ago. 5 years of tripe time bonuses at about 6 days per year. Helped pay for my divorce

I am from a poor working class background so I am of the ethic "You keep paying, I'll keep working"

<cough> <cough>

Nayab this is a serious part of the forum. You want to be writing tulip like this in General.

[Nayab]

<cough> <cough>

Nayab this is a serious part of the forum. You want to be writing tulip like this in General.

Understood. I am just finding my feet.

[Nayab]

What's your perm experience got to do with a contracting forum?

Gotta say fella, all your bluff and bluster about how much you've got and what you do ain't endearing yourself to me... But you've got an MCSE so you must be good.

What you don't appear to have though, is a clue and a gig.

That's one way of looking at it, and a view I'm unwilling to share.