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    #11
    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Just landed at new clientco. Door to door 9 minutes in total. The walk from the car park took 5.
    Pretty big car park if it takes 5min to walk across!

    Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
    disguised employee!
    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Were all disguised employees.
    But your disguise is the equivalent of this:
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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      #12
      Originally posted by dang65 View Post
      Shocking. I look forward to at least a week sitting around at the start of a new contract, completely unable to do any work or log in to any systems and having to be escorted everywhere. It's all part of the deal.
      I had that once. After a quick hello with the director it was off to get my photo taken, badge issued and create the relevant accounts.

      It had never happened so fast before, nor since, and it turned out to be a brilliant contract with lots to add to my CV.
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #13
        Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
        Just landed at new clientco. Door to door 9 minutes in total. The walk from the car park took 5.

        Report to reception of there brand spanking new office. I am expected.

        Here are the forms to fill in.
        Here is your badge.
        Here is your brand new laptop. Please go and configure
        oh and here is your phone. And got handed a boxed Nokia!!!

        Here is your itenary for the morning. The director will be in later!!!!

        Bloody hell. Talk about organized!
        Not to blow me own trumpet or anything but when I were a techie, like, all my new starters always had their brand new (never old) kit configured and ready on their first day.

        I worked at the head office and new starters would often end up spending time at other business units' offices and eventually would become part of that business unit at which point their IT would be migrated - this company had different IT setups for each business unit!

        On a couple of occasions, when I would ask the employee if I could make the arrangements to migrate them across to their new BU's network, they would refuse (in a nice way) as they preferred the IT support that I gave them because it was more efficient.

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          #14
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          Just landed at new clientco. Door to door 9 minutes in total. The walk from the car park took 5.

          Report to reception of there brand spanking new office. I am expected.

          Here are the forms to fill in.
          Here is your badge.
          Here is your brand new laptop. Please go and configure
          oh and here is your phone. And got handed a boxed Nokia!!!

          Here is your itenary for the morning. The director will be in later!!!!

          Bloody hell. Talk about organized!
          Never mind all this mundane trivia. What is the Totty count like?

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #15
            Totty count - zero
            Sharp suited consultants - loads
            Humourless office - yes
            Expected to do work - yes. First deliverable project plan by this afternoon!!
            Chance to post on CUK. Nil. Except when having a tulip and post on Iphone like now.
            Excuse me need to wipe.....
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #16
              Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
              Chance to post on CUK. Nil. Except when having a tulip and post on Iphone like now.
              Excuse me need to wipe.....
              There's an app for that?

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                #17
                Originally posted by dang65 View Post
                There's an app for that?
                Well the iPhone is a crap phone.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by dang65 View Post
                  There's an app for that?
                  LOL, You know, the "people are looking at you from across the office" type of LOL.
                  Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
                    looking at you from across the office
                    There's probably an app for that given the new camera.
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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