My first bad experience as a contractor - Investment Banking - Ho Hum *LONG POST*

[NotAllThere]

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"Who the f*** are you? What the f*** are you doing? I want a hand written A4 sheet of paper by Friday explaining exactly what you are doing."...

Easy. Write: "I am currently hand writing on a sheet of A4 paper precisely exactly what I am doing at this moment, as per request from f***wit boss." until the sheet of A4 is full.

[lukemg]

Worked somewhere similar, phoneys4you, management by intimidation. It was a stepping stone for me so could handle it and we had a good laugh about the weekly management meetings which were a scream even if you were getting the grief.
Toughened me up a bit and not much phases me in a work situation. I tend to take the p!ss when people have a go direct, student and shared houses mean I am always ready to attack.
If confronted on the question of what are you doing, my answer would be work as directed by the team management, you hired me, I presume you have some reason for doing that and a plan for how I am to be utilised. Your job is to turn up and make yourself available, their job is to deploy resources as needed. If they bin you for that, I suspect you will have lost little, I wouldn't walk though, won't give them the satisfaction, not unless I have sorted a lifeboat first - but that's just me.

[SantaClaus]

is that REALLY worth it? it's just digging yourself an early grave man

Was worth it at the time, contractor79. But I dont do it any more.
I want my wife and baby to recognise who I am