Consultant lifestyle - making the most of on the road?

[DaveB]

Aye T

There is that , how about then a Man who leaves his Town for a fiver ....

Depends on the town. I'd leave Slough for 50p.

[monkeyboy]

Happiness is seeing Slough in your rearview mirror!!!!!!!

[Francko]

Travelling is one of the things we contractors do that they (permies) don't have to and in any case hate.

That depends on the permie's salary. Generally, if your salary is well above the average the company doesn't have any shame to send you 2 months in Luxembourg, 1 in France and 3 in Holland. Great if you are single but not so good if you are married and with kids. I have a friend who went contracting for this reason, he was fed up with the travel. They started off promising him a steady workplace but it turned out completely differente. Companies that pay good permie salaries think that they have the absolute power on you and can use you as much as they want. So in short, going contracting in many cases is really for people who DO NOT WANT to travel.

[monkeyboy]

I used to travel with one contract all over the world.

Towards the end I started to hate it.

One grey building/coms room after another.

Expenses were a problem but the dailly allowance went along way in some of the s__t holes I ended up. I did look at taking a contract in Azerbaijan. Glad I didn't as it was about the time the 4 telecoms engineers were found minus there heads. Good money but not that good.

Do remeber a story about one guy who had a contract for the Russian Milatary south of Moscow in the middle of nowhere, he picked up a couple of hookers in Moscow and paid them to live with him for the duration of the six month contract.

[Fleetwood]

Glad I didn't as it was about the time the 4 telecoms engineers were found minus there heads.

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[threaded]

Do remeber a story about one guy who had a contract for the Russian Milatary south of Moscow in the middle of nowhere, he picked up a couple of hookers in Moscow and paid them to live with him for the duration of the six month contract.

That's what the contractor lifestyle is all about...

[Francko]

That's what the contractor lifestyle is all about...

Except that some contractor don't need to pay for that...

[Antman]

I agree with the girlfriend thing, it's easy enough to meet women when you're on the road but hard to close the deal.

I've just met this stunner as well here in Brussels, if I tell her that I leave in 2 weeks I might not get any hole. what to do, what to do?

A previous girlfriend told me that I should just lie to them, any love rats here done that?

[DaveB]

I agree with the girlfriend thing, it's easy enough to meet women when you're on the road but hard to close the deal.

I've just met this stunner as well here in Brussels, if I tell her that I leave in 2 weeks I might not get any hole. what to do, what to do?

A previous girlfriend told me that I should just lie to them, any love rats here done that?

If you're not hanging around, not coming back and arn't looking beyond gettng laid then yes, lie.

When the time comes tell 'em the contract ended early or summat and you leave in 2 days time. Easy get out.

Mind you, if you reckon you're on a winner in less than two weeks then she probably wont mind anyway.

[The Lone Gunman]

I agree with the girlfriend thing, it's easy enough to meet women when you're on the road but hard to close the deal.

I've just met this stunner as well here in Brussels, if I tell her that I leave in 2 weeks I might not get any hole. what to do, what to do?

A previous girlfriend told me that I should just lie to them, any love rats here done that?

Tell em the truth, it works both ways.
If you are in Brussels and found a stunner there is always the possibility that she is short term and not looking for a relationship anyway.
She might also appreciate your honesty. She might not consider you as a long term thing but will jump you on the grounds that you wont be bugging her forever.
Girls are like that too!