Lots of job cuts

[Mich the Tester]

I dunno, we contractors sit about all day, posting in forums, browsing the net for for £400 to £550 a day on average, and whinge about bankers ... glass houses and all that ... know when you've got it good ...

Yep, but at least we don't make everyone else bankrupt.

[TimberWolf]

I dunno, we contractors sit about all day, posting in forums, browsing the net for for £400 to £550 a day on average, and whinge about bankers ... glass houses and all that ... know when you've got it good ...

Speak for yourself. I never browsed internet forums when I was working, except occasionally after work, and I've no idea how this lot manage it.

[TimberWolf]

Hundreds of jobs go at Ericsson

Union Unite said the news came as a "shock" to workers.

What's shocking about losing your job More the norm these days I'd have thought.

[Mich the Tester]

What's shocking about losing your job More the norm these days I'd have thought.

Yep. I can never understand why permies think they have more 'job security' than contractors; is it because they're paid so little that they think they're cheap?

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...re/8352148.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...re/8350171.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8352456.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...st/8352066.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8352640.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/8350344.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/b...re/8352721.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/8352372.stm

etc etc.

Still, there's five buyers for every property onsale so...

[Mich the Tester]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...st/8352066.stm

Ummm, somehow I don't see the point of going on strike if your boss is about to sack you. Won't that just convince him he's right?

[Spacecadet]

Speak for yourself. I never browsed internet forums when I was working, except occasionally after work, and I've no idea how this lot manage it.

By carefully managing the clients expectations