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    #11
    sell the story to the papers, wanting to shorted contract due to cancer! unreal!
    SA says;
    Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!

    I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!

    n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
    (whatever these are)

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      #12
      Hey, seeing as Gordo considers you a permanent employee you should take them to the employment tribunal and do them for constructive dismissal!

      Mailman

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        #13
        Originally posted by HankWangford
        Hmmm, Atos Origin by any chance??
        Now I couldnt possibly comment on whether, or not, the company is AO, the French owned consultancy that amalgamated Sema and several other outfits and specialises in Health Care in Scotland, as of course this is a public forum....

        I have an interview on Monday afternoon with an investment bank in Luxembourg - a friend of mine who is a BA in an asset management company knows several friends who work for them and it sounds as if they wont try to play me.... as always though, its the risk we take .....
        Vieze Oude Man

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          #14
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          Originally posted by thunderlizard
          Still, it sounds like by your own admission you have been overcharging a tad.

          all the best,
          tl

          Cheers for the good wishes TL....

          As for overcharging, well, they interviewed me, made me take a transcender, got a Technical Architect to question me, looked at my 13 years industry experience and qualifications (Ive worked for MS and have a pretty full set of MCPs) and they were happy to pay me a high rate that for 5 months - I didnt ask for it, they offered it to me to get me.

          They were also happy to renew me for another 6 months on that rate, but then suddenly, having signed the contract, tried to pressure me into taking less.

          As we all know, its a business from both sides, so if they cant budget properly thats their fault... its my decision to stay or leave and frankly its very unlikely I would stay as they now effectively said im on a weekly rolling contract ... as soon as they think they are running short of cash they will simply can me, so I am loking elsewhere...

          Thats the market at work....
          Vieze Oude Man

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            #15
            Originally posted by mcquiggd
            Cheers for the good wishes TL....

            As for overcharging, well, they interviewed me, made me take a transcender, got a Technical Architect to question me, looked at my 13 years industry experience and qualifications (Ive worked for MS and have a pretty full set of MCPs) and they were happy to pay me a high rate that for 5 months - I didnt ask for it, they offered it to me to get me.

            They were also happy to renew me for another 6 months on that rate, but then suddenly, having signed the contract, tried to pressure me into taking less.

            [...]
            Good luck with your health. I am sure that with your strong and positive attitude you don't need luck at work. You just wonder how people can't just be straight and honest withouth incurring in all sort of slimey expedients.

            A full set of MCPs? All of them? :-)

            Have you done 70-300 and 70-301? To me they look more like very advanced english language exams rather than anything else :-)
            I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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              #16
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              I have the MCSD.Net C# track (web apps, windows apps, web services and components, solution architectures, sql server and Biztalk on top) - havent done the MSF one but might be worth a gander actually - im looking more at architect roles these days so might be another string to my bow....

              A friend of mine is taking a compute science degree and it seems from my industry background I might be able to get away with a basic degree in a year and an honours degree in two - maybe even less. Its something ive decided to look into as it might lead on to other options...
              Vieze Oude Man

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