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Contractor's car park @ Vodafone Newbury HQ..??

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by SeanT View Post
    Has this not been moved to General yet?
    This is a very serious thread about business. Why does it need to be moved?

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  • Davey Jones
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    Avoid the HQ

    Originally posted by Darren_Test View Post
    They used to have a separate contractor car park (first exit from first roundabout in HQ) long back. Now I checked google map looks like that road ends in a gated field!

    Any recent contractors in Newbury HQ, how you manage to park if you are working @ HQ.What are the options and how costly are those options.?

    I have seen old messages, not seen anything new how contractors working in HQ are managing it..?
    Last time I was there, if based at the HQ the carpark is a good couple of miles due south and you use the free bus.

    Vodafone HQ 2014:
    Packed to the gunnels with people.
    Virtually no hot desks if you haven't been allocated one.
    No free coffee.
    Bring your own coffee, milk, sugar and wait to use the kettle.
    Can buy coffee at the Costas in the main building.

    Other VF buildings? Absoluely fine. Loads of desks (hot or allocated), parking, canteen and free coffee all day long.
    Hop on the free bus for meetings at the HQ.

    I formed the impression VF were packing the HQ with graduates 'to make it feel like a groovy happening place'.
    BS, it was a horrid working environment.
    The HQ isn't what it used to be.

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  • SeanT
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    Has this not been moved to General yet?

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Buy cheap, buy twice. YACNCOTBAC.
    Yeah but we don't expect the OP to work out the quality of envelopes with windows hence it's better for him to concentrate on getting good quality envelopes without them.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    I know they aren't holes but they can be weak spots.
    Buy cheap, buy twice. YACNCOTBAC.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    The windows are not actually holes in the envelopes. Instead they are transparent material in the front of the envelopes. Can you see how there is a reflection?



    Mind you, I'm not making any recommendations, just illustrating the feature.
    I know they aren't holes but they can be weak spots. I rip them out of envelopes I recycle and some are simply crap.

    If the OP has to come on here to ask about this stuff he may not be careful how he puts his coins in the envelope and carries them, possibly damaging the window.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    They might put a contract in place that the OP could ignore.
    Or he could act like a businessman and negotiate like NickNick.

    http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...odafone-2.html

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    Be a shame if the social club got asked to account for all the parking money as a result of this thread eh?
    They might put a contract in place that the OP could ignore.

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  • barrydidit
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    Be a shame if the social club got asked to account for all the parking money as a result of this thread eh?

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Neither.

    The £2 coin or the new 2X £1 or the pieces of silver could fall out if there was a window.

    And he can easily scribble his reg number on the back of the envelope just in case he changes his car during the contract temporarily or permanently.
    The windows are not actually holes in the envelopes. Instead they are transparent material in the front of the envelopes. Can you see how there is a reflection?



    Mind you, I'm not making any recommendations, just illustrating the feature.

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