Why you started Contracting!

[NickFitz]

All in all nothing but stella reviews since becoming a contractor.

Review of Sockpuppet

1. He drinks a lot of Stella.

[VectraMan]

does anyone else think it's weird to get paid for not working (permie paid leave...)?

I agree. I like the fact nobody owes me a living and I can get paid for what I contribute. Permiedom is a refuge for the lazy and incompetent.

I actually took a break from my permie job (I had little to do and the company was struggling to pay me), and did a 3 month contract with every intention of going back. But nothing had improved after 3 months, so I carried on. I certainly never had the terrible time of permiedom that most of you seemed to have, probably because I worked for small companies.

There are benefits, but I guess it's mostly money. I feel like I'm paying catch up: getting back to where I should be financially at this stage of my life (which is why I've worked 51 weeks this year). I do sometimes wonder if I'd be happier being part of something rather than as an outsider, but the money helps me get over it. And I'd never be happy being just an employee even if it was some fantastic role; I'd want to be a director, or shareholder at least.

[lilelvis2000]

Why?
because no one would give me a permanent job! I took the first offer that came along..which was a contract. haven't looked back. I'm now a freelancer, and just surviving right now. I can't take commuting, so will just have to stick it out.
I may stack shelves at ASDA between gigs to put food on the table.

[Sockpuppet]

Why?
because no one would give me a permanent job! I took the first offer that came along..which was a contract. haven't looked back. I'm now a freelancer, and just surviving right now. I can't take commuting, so will just have to stick it out.
I may stack shelves at ASDA between gigs to put food on the table.

Telling you. Lorry Driving for the plan B win. £15 an hour for sitting on your arse. Plus its almost guaranteed work.

Not as good as what I get contracting but would pay the mortgage if I had one and was in a tight spot.

[AtW]

Telling you. Lorry Driving for the plan B win. £15 an hour for sitting on your arse. Plus its almost guaranteed work.

What about polish etc drivers, ain't they not affecting the market rates?

[eliquant]

Jeez are you sure you aren't the problem?! I mean it does seem to follow you around eh?

No the problems were already there in all the crap companies, because as a permanent member of staff I never wanted to rise in the organizations I never licked ar*se and I avoided socialising with other staff .. that made me isolated and easy prey for management .. or so they thought until I allowed them to push it over the edge then I unleashed hell !

There is a quote from film Gladiator it basically refers to me :

"There is a fish that lies at the bottom of the sea and even though it is a predator it allows smaller fish to approach it and take small bites out of it and yet it lies still"

Sometimes it is better to do nothing aggressive and not retaliate and allow your enemies to show their true colours as it places them into a false sense of comfort when it comes to getting abusive towards you... then when the final straw comes .. HIT BACK ! and watch them not able to cope with the situation and laugh.

[BrilloPad]

No the problems were already there in all the carp companies, because as a permanent member of staff I never wanted to rise in the organizations I never licked ar*se and I avoided socialising with other staff .. that made me isolated and easy prey for management .. or so they thought until I allowed them to push it over the edge then I unleashed hell !

There is a quote from film Gladiator it basically refers to me :

"There is a fish that lies at the bottom of the sea and even though it is a predator it allows smaller fish to approach it and take small bites out of it and yet it lies still"

Sometimes it is better to do nothing aggressive and not retaliate and allow your enemies to show their true colours as it places them into a false sense of comfort when it comes to getting abusive towards you... then when the final straw comes .. HIT BACK ! and watch them not able to cope with the situation and laugh.

good point - I have seen this done a few times. People happy to look stupid. However most have been men - I have only seen 1 woman do this.

I guess most women don't need to?

[Sockpuppet]

What about polish etc drivers, ain't they not affecting the market rates?

No because they are tulip (ok, some are ok). They don't know the roads where stuff is (i.e. I wouldn't know my way around Poland). The majority don't speak English and they all seem to have got the licence off the back of a cereal box.

I had to do a delivery to Coleshill the other day where i had to reverse round a blind corner into on coming traffic (was on a retail park), to get out of the delivery bay.

Excellent command of the English language and mastery of 4 letter words was required to tell all the car drivers to "get the **** out of the way or the lorry will push you out of the way" as they all sat there like rabbits in headlights watching the trailer getting closer to the front of their car.

Not sure someone speaking like Latka Gravas would have been able to pull that off.

[Diver]

Merry Christmas everyone