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    Virgin Media - new rate cut?

    Been hearing conversations around Virgin Media that another 10% rate cut is coming for us impoverished contractors there - anyone else hear that?


    PeeGee

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    Been hearing conversations around Virgin Media that another 10% rate cut is coming for us impoverished contractors there - anyone else hear that?
    Hearing from random questions posed on forums with no basis or substance possibly?
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      #3
      Originally posted by peegee View Post
      Been hearing conversations around Virgin Media that another 10% rate cut is coming for us impoverished contractors there - anyone else hear that?


      PeeGee
      I'm very sorry to hear you are contracting at VM.

      My sincerest condolences.


      T

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        #4
        Originally posted by Tingles View Post
        I'm very sorry to hear you are contracting at VM.

        My sincerest condolences.


        T
        Exactly what I was going to say, I would rather be slapped about the face with a wet kipper than contract there, unlucky.
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          #5
          I've been contacted by various agencies since June concerning the same role at Hook / Trowbridge.

          Perhaps the words got around...

          Dreadful place....

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            For the contractors who have not worked there what makes it so bad? the people, the management, the building, the town? just curious.

            TIA

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              Originally posted by Harrysp View Post
              For the contractors who have not worked there what makes it so bad? the people, the management, the building, the town? just curious.

              TIA
              People....

              I guess it was due to the wholesale permie redundancies occuring at the time...

              Also...

              When your boss carries a book round with them entitled something like...
              "I have everything - but why am I not happy?"

              You know you're in the wrong place.....

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                  Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                  AMAGAWD Amiga500.... Shum mishtake shurley!!
                  No mistake. Just some piss poor joke filling in the location field in his profile to make it look like he has that many posts.
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                    Originally posted by peegee View Post
                    Been hearing conversations around Virgin Media that another 10% rate cut is coming for us impoverished contractors there - anyone else hear that?


                    PeeGee
                    The story I heard was that all the contractors and salaried staff where to be locked up and forced to train clones of Bob Shawadiwadi. Once they had done their training they were to have useful body parts harvested and sold on e-bay, the remains were to be ground up and used as food stuff for the clones.

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