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I'd forgotten I'd got sausage meat out of the freezer, so now I've had to make sausage rolls immediately before dinnertime
And I'd also forgotten to make sure I had enough pastry (I don't know how to make flaky pastry, and I'm not starting at this time) so I have half the usual number of sausage rolls, but they're extremely full of meat
Had some nibbles on a local contract I was previously offered coming live again today. If that works out it would be a very useful position to have in my negotiations with the current lot. I'm very much in two minds about renewing - the drive to Manc three times each week is annoying, but the poor wireless and unavailability of hotdesks at EndClientCo makes it even worse.
Pimp has sent through the renewal tonight. I've pointed out that he's forgotten the rate increase we agreed to cover what Junior Pimp knocked off to "seal the deal with ClientCo" (I suspect code for lining his own pockets).
The other sticking point will be time on site with EndClientCo. Junior Pimp had (of course!) assured me that no-one works more than one day per week on site after their first few months, and they've thousands of contractors with ClientCo etc etc... Senior Pimp (who styles himself Client Relationship Manager) doesn't want to know - a bit of a change from the early part of the contract when all contact with ClientCo had to be through him.
The commercials are a pain: roughly Me -> Ltd -> Pimps (pretending to be a consultancy) -> ClientCo1 -> ClientCo2 -> EndClientCo.
I can see this whole thing grinding to a halt with the layers of commercial confidentiality involved - ClientCo2 needs to sign of hours changes, but ClientCo1 won't authorize me to do commercial negotiations with EndClientCo or ClientCo2.
I'm remembering why I hate long chains with multiple consultancies involved.
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