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Is Money the only TRUE satisfaction from contracting?
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostWZ&EOS
And being able to take long holidays (isn't that right EO) , also having the freedom to choose the work you want and when you want.
I am sitting in the railway carriage on the banks of loch awe, watching the ospreys fish. There are at least three, working together mrs EO thinks. Got to go up to the pub now, its a 3000 foot ascent and the sherpas are waiting. (well it looks like a hike anyway)
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
I am sitting in the railway carriage on the banks of loch awe, watching the ospreys fish. There are at least three, working together mrs EO thinks. Got to go up to the pub now, its a 3000 foot ascent and the sherpas are waiting. (well it looks like a hike anyway)
Doesn't the railway carriage take you up the slope?Comment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
I am sitting in the railway carriage on the banks of loch awe, watching the ospreys fish. There are at least three, working together mrs EO thinks. Got to go up to the pub now, its a 3000 foot ascent and the sherpas are waiting. (well it looks like a hike anyway)
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For me yes, others embrace the challenge, enjoy meeting new people etc etc but I'd happily take a dead end job for the rest of my life as long as the money was good and it was close to home.
I just don't care enough about work, it gets in the way of all the other things I want to do.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by Qwerty View PostIs Money the only TRUE satisfaction from contracting?"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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My main reason to be able to have prolongued chunks of time off in between contracts at home with the family (3 months last contract, 6 weeks contract before [planned]).______________________
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostSad if it is, because in contracting you'll never make as much money as people who are reasonably good at a reasonably established profession, or reasonably senior in a reasonably large company.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI do not find this to be the case. My income is considerably higher than when I was head of development at a very large multinational in the early years of 200n. With the added bonus of no politics, more holiday and more flexible working. Back in the late 90s, I was often taking more home than directors.Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI do not find this to be the case. My income is considerably higher than when I was head of development at a very large multinational in the early years of 200n. With the added bonus of no politics, more holiday and more flexible working. Back in the late 90s, I was often taking more home than directors.Comment
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