Starting new contract ...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Surely CUK is The Real World.

The rest is simply an illusion.

[vetran]

Good call. I had heard that one of the management team voted out .... first time he argues with me in a board mtg, he's getting the full creamy gunk in his face!

so like you subbing for NLyUK on Saturday night as usual?

[ladymuck]

Leave the lambo at home, borrow your local chav's beaten up Astra and park it sideways opposite the entrance after losing control on entry to the car park trying to do a J turn. If you can find out which is the CEO's car ahead of time, you get extra points for blocking it in/smashing into it.

Make sure your suit is extra shiny (a visit to the chip shop will help) and leave your flies undone.

[original PM]

How long do you think it will take you to get all 5 stars?

[woohoo]

Don’t get into a tea round, more stress that it’s worth.

[TwoWolves]

Be enthusiastic and positive that you can deliver the product.

Most permies are overwhelmed with a sense of failure and indifference, at the very least you will amuse them.

[Zigenare]

... on Tuesday. Heading into client office for initial meetings, get to know yous etc.

Finished last role end of March. Might be a bit rusty. What advice can the experienced contractors on here give me?

Don't get settled, they'll soon realise they've hired a fuqwit.

[PhiltheGreek]

Shake their hands, ask 'and what do you do?', don't listen to their babble and move onto the next person. Worked for me for over 70 years.

[Old Greg]

Don’t get into a tea round, more stress that it’s worth.

This is the best contracting advice I've read on CUK. Somebody should write a book on contracting with this title.

[Gibbon]

This is the best contracting advice I've read on CUK. Somebody should write a book on contracting with this title.

Its pro bab ly the on ly thing you have whol ly read, it being all single syl la bles?