Seems to be picking up for me this week a lot of calls an 1 offer on the table, potentially a second one on its way
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Am I correct to say that contract situation in Sep 2013 is really bad?
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Originally posted by eek View PostYou weren't trying. Last one of those rang me back to rant down the phone a day later. I think the paid for comment on his facebook page that his scam had resulted in the suicide of a person I linked to didn't go down well with his parents....
Yes I can be that much of a ba***rd"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostDead this week and last. Only just starting to look at roles and start applying. Ignoring nearly all of the roles so far due to either rate or the wrong role. I think I have made 2 applications in the last 2 weeks......
Can all suddenly change though...
Don't remember p*****g anyone off in 2011 when I was last there though the project we were working on was less than popularPermietractor (probably)Comment
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Am I correct to say that contract situation in Sep 2013 is really bad?
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Originally posted by Mephisto View PostAre you still at Radbroke? I nearly returned twice last year but was scuppered due to two separate idiotic reasons. On this year's rounds I've not even had an interview!
Don't remember p*****g anyone off in 2011 when I was last there though the project we were working on was less than popularComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostBearing in mind the OP posted this in October he would be incorrect in saying that. What he should have said is that the contract situation in Sep WAS really bad
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostLeft there for a really dingy place for 4 months (which I had not issues cutting my ties off with) and then came back for another tour of duty.... Been here over a year and have a few weeks left on contractComment
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I get the sense that we are mostly surplus to requirements now, what with all the immigration and offshoring.
We are not wanted anymore; a generation (or two) on the scrapheap in favour of cheap foreign labour.
I wish we could establish separate enclaves, away from the older generations and their slaves, but I guess we're forced to continue living in this prison.Comment
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Originally posted by Supply and Command View PostI get the sense that we are mostly surplus to requirements now, what with all the immigration and offshoring.
We are not wanted anymore; a generation (or two) on the scrapheap in favour of cheap foreign labour.
I wish we could establish separate enclaves, away from the older generations and their slaves, but I guess we're forced to continue living in this prison.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Supply and Command View PostI get the sense that we are mostly surplus to requirements now, what with all the immigration and offshoring.
We are not wanted anymore; a generation (or two) on the scrapheap in favour of cheap foreign labour.
I wish we could establish separate enclaves, away from the older generations and their slaves, but I guess we're forced to continue living in this prison.Comment
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