Bad Day at The Office

[dack]

Gosh facing the ice-cold river of Contracting after the warming bath of disguised permiedom...

Brace yourself....

The real world is gonna be a bit of shock to the system, I've heard all sorts of horror stories like deadlines, profits and effiiciency.

[Mich the Tester]

Huge war chest, but wife and two kids found, opened it and spent it.

Bloody hell. Time for Mrs Dack to go out to work, send the kids out sweeping chimneys, and if all else fails, it's time to sell them all for medical experiments.

[dack]

.. or maybe time to dust off Plan B ....

[Mich the Tester]

The real world is gonna be a bit of shock to the system, I've heard all sorts of horror stories like deadlines, profits and effiiciency.

Well, from where I'm looking (a bank) the wonderful world of 'corporate enterprise' is no more efficient, and perhaps even crappier than government.

Deadlines; things which go 'whoosh' as they fly past
Profits; things which used to happen but don't any more
Efficiency; something which small diesel cars are good at, allegedly

[Mich the Tester]

.. or maybe time to dust off Plan B ....

If I see your ice cream van anywhere near my patch, you’re in for it!

[BoredBloke]

I've been checking jobserve and the only people who seem to be taking on are govt gigs - I was given my notice last night along with a ton of other contractors working at Global Services for BT

[dack]

If I see your ice cream van anywhere near my patch, you’re in for it!

Tis not the footsteps of Bannatyne that I'll be taking. Was thinking more along the lines of some sort of revolutionary product that I could produce and market on the cheap but yielded large profits.

Just gotta think up said product and I'm laughing.

[gingerjedi]

Huge war chest, but wife and two kids found, opened it and spent it.

Sounds familiar, I had a fairly long gov gig and my biggest regret was not squirreling away far more money than I did.

I’d spend the next few months brushing up on how the rest of the world operates if I were you, the private sector expects you to really work for the money... it was a big culture shock for me.

[Mich the Tester]

revolutionary product that I could produce and market on the cheap but yielded large profits.

Just gotta think up said product and I'm laughing.

How about this idea?

Go around buying up all the debts in really downtrodden neighbourhoods and then package them together in an expensive envelope, pay an ‘independent’ body, possibly Moodys, S&P or Ronnie Biggs, to stamp ‘AAA Solid Gold investment’ on the envelope and sell them to people who know nothing about money, like banks, finance ministers and pension funds. Guaranteed millions.

Oh sorry there’s a catch here…

[DaveB]

I've been checking jobserve and the only people who seem to be taking on are govt gigs - I was given my notice last night along with a ton of other contractors working at Global Services for BT

That one has been on the cards for a while. I jumped ship from there 18 months ago when the were making the previous round of cuts.