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Experience with SQL Server 2008! Must be 2008!
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I don't quite understand what it is with UK companies, contractors and HR. Every contract I have had here has not involved anyone from HR, in fact it has not involved anyone apart from people in the area I would be working in. If a project or team is going to need external sources then that is built into the budget by the department head and they are responsible for the hiring and firing, sod all to do with HR. A contractor is seen as if they were just another piece of equipment or software required in the team. I think in nearly every contract I have had I have never, ever interfaced with anyone from the company who is not directly connected with what I am working on. Maybe its just a UK thing (and they say the Germans are bureaucratic!!!)“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostHR numpty; 'I'm looking for a tester and I see SQL Server experience in your CV, but it's very important to have experience with SQL Server 2008! Do you have that?Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI don't quite understand what it is with UK companies, contractors and HR. Every contract I have had here has not involved anyone from HR, in fact it has not involved anyone apart from people in the area I would be working in. If a project or team is going to need external sources then that is built into the budget by the department head and they are responsible for the hiring and firing, sod all to do with HR. A contractor is seen as if they were just another piece of equipment or software required in the team. I think in nearly every contract I have had I have never, ever interfaced with anyone from the company who is not directly connected with what I am working on. Maybe its just a UK thing (and they say the Germans are bureaucratic!!!)Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI don't quite understand what it is with UK companies, contractors and HR. Every contract I have had here has not involved anyone from HR, in fact it has not involved anyone apart from people in the area I would be working in. If a project or team is going to need external sources then that is built into the budget by the department head and they are responsible for the hiring and firing, sod all to do with HR. A contractor is seen as if they were just another piece of equipment or software required in the team. I think in nearly every contract I have had I have never, ever interfaced with anyone from the company who is not directly connected with what I am working on. Maybe its just a UK thing (and they say the Germans are bureaucratic!!!)
Here in NL we're in between the two and sometimes have the worst of both worlds; in the government and the old state owned corporates everything has to go through the 'process' according to the 'protocol', HR numpties, secretaries, receptionists all give their opinions until the best people are eliminated and the boss man has to either approve or start the whole procedure all over again to find a decent contractor. Occasionally though, Dutch companies have the best of both worlds; flat informal structures, decisions taken by experts and a lack of bureaucratic cack; those tend to be the succesful companies, unsurprisingly.Last edited by Mich the Tester; 5 September 2012, 19:11.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIt doesn't matter much anyway unless you're a DBA (the size of the DBAs can get pretty huge)"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI don't quite understand what it is with UK companies, contractors and HR. Every contract I have had here has not involved anyone from HR, in fact it has not involved anyone apart from people in the area I would be working in. If a project or team is going to need external sources then that is built into the budget by the department head and they are responsible for the hiring and firing, sod all to do with HR. A contractor is seen as if they were just another piece of equipment or software required in the team. I think in nearly every contract I have had I have never, ever interfaced with anyone from the company who is not directly connected with what I am working on. Maybe its just a UK thing (and they say the Germans are bureaucratic!!!)
# Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years? - still contracting using the same skills.
# What Do Want From Your Career? - to continue contracting using the same skills.
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The actual PM looked at it and laughed, then apologised for having to go through HR.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWNATS
7 is better than Vista, says the tester. (well, better than a kick in the teeth)
I think it's MS's marketing strategy, just as they did with windows 95 and then NT; make a really tulip product and sell it to everyone while keeping a good version on the shelf and then sell that and take the credit for 'a huge improvement'.Last edited by Ignis Fatuus; 6 September 2012, 07:31.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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