Just sitting on a call which is driving me up the wall. Details aren't necessary, just the usual 'blame anyone except me', 'talk assertively to pretend I know what I'm tuliping on about' etc. etc. business call. FYI: I'm just in the background and pretty much invisible but it's still winding me up.
Got me thinking, back in the old days when I was a permie, I had a mucker sitting opposite me who I used to rant at when needing to blow off steam but what do 'us contractors' do when we need to rant a bit? Bend your partners ear, shout at the dog, phone a contractor friend 'who understands'?
It's hard, especially if you're wfh most off the time and can't even moan about the client to the other contractors on site; can't be good for our mental health.....
I have a coffee once, sometimes twice, a month with a contractor friend and a permie friend who live close by and both work in the same field as I do and we all have a good rant / moan / bitch about life, work, 'bosses' (for the permie) and clients (for the contractors) and find it beneficial.
How does everyone else cope? Or am I just a bit of a wuss?
Got me thinking, back in the old days when I was a permie, I had a mucker sitting opposite me who I used to rant at when needing to blow off steam but what do 'us contractors' do when we need to rant a bit? Bend your partners ear, shout at the dog, phone a contractor friend 'who understands'?
It's hard, especially if you're wfh most off the time and can't even moan about the client to the other contractors on site; can't be good for our mental health.....
I have a coffee once, sometimes twice, a month with a contractor friend and a permie friend who live close by and both work in the same field as I do and we all have a good rant / moan / bitch about life, work, 'bosses' (for the permie) and clients (for the contractors) and find it beneficial.
How does everyone else cope? Or am I just a bit of a wuss?
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