Aside from posting on CUK, how much real work do you do?
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How much real work do you do?
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How much real work do you do?
65<1 hour per week9.23%6>1, < 5 hours per week7.69%5>5 hours per week, < 10 hours23.08%15>10 hours per week; I’m serious about my career13.85%9>20 hours per week; I’m a liar18.46%12>30 hours per week; I’m a slave7.69%5>40 hours per week; I’m a farmer10.77%7AndyW does all my work for me9.23%6And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
Do you sign my timesheet?Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAside from posting on CUK, how much real work do you do?I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff. -
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I only get paid to turn up : anything else comes extra.Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAside from posting on CUK, how much real w**k do you do?
And please dont swear.Comment
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Maybe. Do you think I care?Originally posted by Rookie View PostDo you sign my timesheet?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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You could be a spy.Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostMaybe. Do you think I care?I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.Comment
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I'm paid for what I know, not what I do.Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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Almost none, ever.
I employ people to do that.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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I'm paid heaps to get other people to do the actual work.
I just take the glory and occasionally pass down whatever scraps of gratitute I deem them worthy of.Sval-Baard Consulting Ltd - we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied.
Nothing says "you're a loser" more than owning a motivational signature about being a winner.Comment
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