If you don't want to go for the interview..

[Pogle]

Part of the Contractors Charter. Statutory Right. Enforceable by law.

Mind you, only allowable once per day.

(Wanted to finish this post with a "sleepy" icon, but there isn't one. Damn! )

[nomadd]

Cheers. But that's "tired" more than "sleepy".

And the Contractor's Charter clearly states: "Thou hast the right to sleep once per day within thy clients premises at the contracted hourly rate."

[RichardCranium]

Part of the Contractors Charter. Statutory Right. Enforceable by law.

Mind you, only allowable once per day.

This 'Contractors Charter' - I'm surprised I'd not heard of it. Does it require a thread of its own so people can discuss its contents?

[northernladuk]

True, but we don't all get caught though. Some of us take a bit of pride in our slacking.

I snore like a b*stard so I physically can't sleep in the toilet and get away with it. Maybe I should add it to my CV as a differentiator!!

[SuperZ]

you all fall asleep in the toilets of the client!

Could be worse, at least in the loo had less chance of being noticed.A few years back I went through a period where every client I worked with I was always sat next to or directly facing a contractor who would fall asleep many times a day at their desk so completely in sight of client. They were noticed but for whatever reason, none of them were ever sacked. WAs never a woman, always a guy and usually in their 50's. Last time it happened I just cried with laughter as I couldn't believe it, especially when he started snoring. I actually had to leave the office as my laughter was bring the wrong attention to myself....a new starter laughing his head off when sat by himself and not talking to anyone, why?

[gingerjedi]

...you all fall asleep in the toilets of the client!

The current fiscal climate makes the £20 tulip very difficult, we need to drag it out a bit these days.

HTH.

[nomadd]

This 'Contractors Charter' - I'm surprised I'd not heard of it.

That's because you've been out of the game too long.

And looking at you current picture, it seems The Bench has not been kind to you. The "former tramp" seems to have slimmed considerably; now you look like Posh Spice.

[BrilloPad]

This 'Contractors Charter' - I'm surprised I'd not heard of it. Does it require a thread of its own so people can discuss its contents?

There are only 2 items in the charter :-
1. The right to a decent agent
2. See rule 1.

HTH

[nomadd]

There are only 2 items in the charter :-
1. The right to a decent agent
2. See rule 1.

HTH

Clearly you haven't read the Charter properly... Rule 14.6 specifically forbids the words "decent" and "agent" in the same sentence.

[TiroFijo]

Things that P155 agents off:

1) Assumption that all agents are complete muppets - some of us are so heavily ingrained in our industry, that we are pretty much integral to it.

Gotta be honest, when I was looking for a gig 3 months ago all of the agents I dealt with were pretty nice and proffessional. Maybe I was just lucky this time. Of course there were a couple who having after speaking to them on the phone would send me a linkedin request which a quick press of the delete cured that.