I hate office politics!!!

[Zippy]

It pains me to say it, but I agree with BolshieBastard

[minestrone]

As a contractor you are missing a trick if you are not involved in office politics.

You should be listening for gossip and playing people off each other, not in the way a premie would do but just with delicate suggestion "Oh, I heard from Steve your stuff is not going well" or "I heard bob and jim talking about your project, how is it going?"

If you think you can wander about the IT contract world like a Jedi night with a shield of IT knowledge then you are mistaken as it's not going to get you as far as being a sneaky wee tulipe.

[swamp]

As a contractor you are missing a trick if you are not involved in office politics.

You should be listening for gossip and playing people off each other, not in the way a premie would do but just with delicate suggestion "Oh, I heard from Steve your stuff is not going well" or "I heard bob and jim talking about your project, how is it going?"

If you think you can wander about the IT contract world like a Jedi night with a shield of IT knowledge then you are mistaken as it's not going to get you as far as being a sneaky wee tulipe.

WHS.

On the outside be the diligent contractor, well dressed (but no tie), trustworthy and with a constant professional aloofness. In reality, however, you are a conniving and sneaky bastard, ready to undermine anyone and anything to get your way.