Travel expenses for on site interview

[GazCol]

Yes, it is a professional forum, and dyslexia is one of those things that we have to work with.

And I had some news regarding gabox01, but if you want to start squabbling amongst yourselves and getting banned go right ahead...

I want news about gabox01!

[SpontaneousOrder]

you are my paid project resource, not my buddy, I dont want to here about your kids, I want you to do the role you are contracted to do, nothing more nothing less.

No one has left my project so far 250+ resources

Unless your project was the unicorn, any contractor with decent prospects would (i can only guess) rather get a different gig than travel a large distance for a face to face when an skype video chat would suffice.

The face to face requirement, in this instance, seems unreasonable to me (unless there were special circumstances). I don't like to work with unreasonable people.

It's the 21st century and we have the tech! Having to travel a large distance for a face to face would make me think that the interviewer thinks that his time is more valuable than mine. Which it isn't.

[Contreras]

you are my paid project resource, not my buddy, I dont want to here about your kids, I want you to do the role you are contracted to do, nothing more nothing less.

No one has left my project so far 250+ resources

I'm sure we've all experienced out of control projects where the PM was a total twunt, throwing more and more resources at the monster they created. No-one wants to leave the gravy-train though.

[tarbera]

indeed we all have

I'm sure we've all experienced out of control projects where the PM was a total twunt, throwing more and more resources at the monster they created. No-one wants to leave the gravy-train though.

shame Im on under budget and on schedule, but I do agree with your point, ive seen it many times

[tarbera]

Really

Hi Tarbera - I'd like you to introduce you to this: It's called an emoticon and can be used to dictate tone on a message forum. I think this one, with its slightly cheeky expression (shown by the fact the tongue is poking out) makes it clear that I wasn't being entirely serious.

You're right about the permie mindset though. Which I think is evidenced by the fact that I travel every day to the same location (the office which my LtdCo rents), hold performance reviews (for my two permanent full time members of staff), worry about contract wording (on the contracts I wrote, for my (currently) five concurrent clients with which we are direct), ask members of my team whether I can go on holiday before booking with it through the same portal we all use to track holidays (the team which I employ, and the portal which my LtdCo pays for) ... shall I go on?

To the point at hand, my one semi-serious point is that if someone asked me to come for a face-to-face meeting in, say, Germany, and I asked whether Skype would be OK to save on travelling costs, and they just pulled out on principle, despite the fact it's not an unreasonable question to ask, I'd probably think, "oh well, at least I'm not working with that borderline arse". Not calling you an arse by the way. Look, here's a safety winky --->

and from the title of my post back to you 'Thank dog for that oldest dyslexic joke in the book' - you might has assumed I did indeed notice your emoticon.

where is the Whooooshed emoticon.

[GillsMan]

and from the title of my post back to you 'Thank dog for that oldest dyslexic joke in the book' - you might has assumed I did indeed notice your emoticon.

where is the Whooooshed emoticon.

Nope, still not got a clue. Anyway, hadn't you better get back to managing those 250 resources?

[DaveB]

I want news about gabox01!

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post1946836

[cojak]

Oh, right! Yes!

Well, he's real (he proved it to Admin - don't ask me how...) and rather indignant that I banned him, and so I have the ability to let him back in.

Well, if he's a little less arrogant and actually prepared to read the posts that are there to help him I might consider it.

Maybe...

[TheFaQQer]

Well, he's real (he proved it to Admin - don't ask me how...)

Admin checked his response to the poll here and saw he'd gone for the first option?

[TykeMerc]

Well, he's real (he proved it to Admin - don't ask me how...) and rather indignant that I banned him

.

That is impossible to believe, got to be some inventive use of IP masking and a fake email host.

That gabox01 character is a blatant troll.