Jealous haters

[Diver]

I get contractors who hate me for earning more than them, with fat banking benefits and bonuses to boot, while sitting in my office doing nothing (i.e. strategising). They also hate that I have power over their lives as I can renew or sack them at will.

Let's be honest Sas. everybody hates you anyway

[Pondlife]

SAS. I don't think that attitude will fair to well in your next 360 appraisal, will it?

[sasguru]

pity

[Bagpuss]

I get contractors who hate me for earning more than them, with fat banking benefits and bonuses to boot, while sitting in my office doing nothing (i.e. strategising). They also hate that I have power over their lives as I can renew or sack them at will.

They don't hate you for that, trust me, it's your personality

[sasguru]

SAS. I don't think that attitude will fair to well in your next 360 appraisal, will it?

fare too

I do the appraising.
HTH

[sasguru]

They don't hate you for that, trust me, it's your personality

Yeah that too

[oracleslave]

Yeah that too

I thought it was the brand new Aygo that made everyone jealous

[sasguru]

I thought it was the brand new Aygo that made everyone jealous

Yes, that too

[KathyWoolfe]

I don't feel that I earn much more than the people I work with as they are all either fellow contractors or managers/senior managers.

I also don't go to work in my car - a decent mondeo - as it's much easier to go by bus in this city of edinburgh (costs £35 per momth).
Though what with the roadworks on all the major routes (as they are trying to get trams running) neither method of travelling in the city centre is particularly easy.

[Marina]

I know what you mean.

I roared past a permie colleague in my Merc SL55 AMG Black the other day waiting at a bus stop in the gales and rain.

Gave him a big smile and a cheery wave as I blasted past on my way home and miserable git just glared at me.

Was there a big puddle in the road by the bus stop?

Same thing happened to me in central London, bombing down Picadilly one rainy evening, straight into a giant puddle which caused a huge sheet of water to rear up like a seafront breaker in a force ten gale, and drench everyone at the bus stop.

I'm sure I heard some muffled anguished screams receding into the distance, but hopefully too far away before anyone could get my number