Same old, Same old

[ctdctd]

Day 3 here.

No login to timesheet

Only one that works is the expenses system but I can't travel to the site I'm supposed to be at 'cos my paperwork hasn't cleared.

It's only a 10 week gig!

[doodab]

Day 3 here.

No login to timesheet

Only one that works is the expenses system but I can't travel to the site I'm supposed to be at 'cos my paperwork hasn't cleared.

It's only a 10 week gig!

So you've earnt 6% of your fee without moving. Result.

[TheFaQQer]

Day 2 - I have a login.

I'm working from home, so I need to download their client software to log in.

I can't download the client software because the link to it is in my email.

I can't get to my email because I'm working remotely.

Project Manager is missing at the moment - last email was Saturday morning.

Dealing with a 7 hour time change at the moment as well, as she is half-way round the world.

Waiting for flight details so I can get there.

Still billing.....

[darmstadt]

Day 962 - still no secretary in short skirt

[SupremeSpod]

Day 962 - still no secretary in short skirt

Offer him a payrise.

[ctdctd]

Day 3 here.

No login to timesheet

Only one that works is the expenses system but I can't travel to the site I'm supposed to be at 'cos my paperwork hasn't cleared.

It's only a 10 week gig!

oh, and my pass does not work in the office they have stuck me in so I have to ask to go to the bog!

[Hot Mess]

Been at clientco 2 days. No logon, desk, pass or ready access to anything to read.

Always a bad sign when it's this disorganised. Can only stare at your phone / newspaper etc. for so long.

It's times like this when I just CBA with this contracting lark. I'd rather be at home watching the T20

[ctdctd]

Day 4,

Moved to hot desk area where my pass works and I can use personal laptop
Still no logins to anything or clearance to go to final site.

46 days to go..........

[Old Hack]

I hope none of this is being raised a complaint?

I am curently waiting for a log in to one of the servers here. I am currently watching Ire-Aus in the T20 on my iPad. Thinking if O'Brien doesn't do something special Aus have this to lose.

[Mich the Tester]

As long as you can bill them for your time.............WGAS?

Well, for the individual it's OK, but it's actually bloody appalling if you stop to think about it.

There are thousands of IT jobs disappearing from Europe due to offshoring and outsourcing, which supposedly happens because 'management' want to save money. All the while, if you start a contract anywhere in Europe it can take weeks before you can do any work because large companies and government agencies have complicated and inefficient 'workflow processes' to get you an account and a PC. All the while, money is being pissed up against the wall and idiot managermen are complaining that IT is costing too much, even though they themselves have pushed the costs up with their 19th century top-down management approaches, of which this is only one example.

Fine, WGAS if you can invoice, but look at the bigger picture and it's a fooking abominable disgrace.