Any recommendations chaps?
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Accomodation in Newbury
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Accomodation in Newbury
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Theres a hotel next to Chievely services. Nice and bland and totally surrounded by a road system.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Nah - I just love a challenge!Originally posted by Purple Dalek View PostTimes must be bad if you've been sucked into Voda my dear.
(and the rate.. obv..)
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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are they really as bad as everyone says?.......Yet to meet a contractor that has worked there say something good.Originally posted by Purple Dalek View PostTimes must be bad if you've been sucked into Voda my dear.Comment
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I interviewed there. They were the most boring people I have ever met (bar a belgian I met once) so I turned down the offer, even though it was 5 minutes from home.Originally posted by Liability View Postare they really as bad as everyone says?.......Yet to meet a contractor that has worked there say something good.
Oh yeah, the rate was average and my ex-wifes sister and friends work there so that probably didn't help either...Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Was at a Bank in 2007 and they took on around 10 Test people from Vodafone - all they did was moan about the place and comment on how tulipe it was and noone knew what they were doing- ironically 7 of them got canned after 3 months.Originally posted by ratewhore View PostI interviewed there. They were the most boring people I have ever met (bar a belgian I met once) so I turned down the offer, even though it was 5 minutes from home.
Oh yeah, the rate was average and my ex-wifes sister and friends work there so that probably didn't help either...
I hear they are looking for Enterprise Architects - but havent found anyone for like 4 months of searching. Jobs still with a few agencies. [Cause : Rate / Package] although Im sure they will get them filled now.Comment
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Cojak - what's the role if you don't mind me asking.Originally posted by cojak View PostNah - I just love a challenge!
(and the rate.. obv..)Comment
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And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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