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Threaded wouldn't even get out of the bed for at least 20 times that rate.Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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This job does not require a knowledge of side arms and knowing how to use them when ordered!
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Pfff! Threaded invented side arms!!!Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThis job does not require a knowledge of side arms and knowing how to use them when ordered!
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To quote an unnamed Hell's Angel speaking to Hunter S Thompson:Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.
"I'd go under water and **** fish for that kind of money."Comment
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the poor fish..."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Currently the client I'm at is making all the wrong, very very wrong strategic decisions and very soon it will all end in tears.
I'm sat here thinking "if I was a permie I'd have to give a tulip about this" instead of just increasing the rate and taking the extension for sorting the mess out.
Also just spoke to a permie who was filling out her review bollux documentation ahead of her 360...
no amount of money could ever compensateHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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scooterscot, would you kindly reveal what this job you are being offered entails?It's about time I changed this sig...Comment
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£500k+ p.a. is a very, very tasty basic salary. According to this calculator that works out at over £25k per month net.Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

Shame about the £200k p.a. deductions though...Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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