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Recent content by BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
I agree, but it wasn't simple to set deliverable targets because the role was to resolve a conveyer belt of post migration issues, unknown in volume and quantity, these had to be fixed on the fly and the only criteria was MAX SPEED, especially since the initial resourcing was overloaded and the...- BS1397
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Homework for an interview
Maybe PDF the summary results with a copyright notice watermarked across the pages just to make sure.- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
All done and dusted... I sort of knew where I was heading but the feedback helped to make up my mind. In the end I decided that if the client pulls a fast one then I am 100% sure the agent will blame me too. Meanwhile both would have profited at my expense and I wouldn't have got a reference or...- BS1397
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3 Interviews then silence.........
Sorry but I can't tolerate the bad manners and lack of basic courtesy. It takes time, effort, logistics and costs to attend interviews (sometime two) and/or take technical exams at the Agency or Client sites which are often arranged at short notice or on inconvenient dates, only to hear nothing...- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
I think only a fool would argue with you and others here with more experience than I. It really doesn't feel right nor should it be common practice regardless if all parties have good intentions (or not?), but I suppose if too many accept this clause then sooner or later other clients and...- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
Trust an agent? :laugh Nooo But I am getting mental and restless being benched and that is a real pain in the neck for me as I have never been out of work for the last 25 years and it is like being a zombie. Work would be a holiday for me at the moment.- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
They did say that only once they had to get rid of a contractor because he was not skilled as per his CV. I would have been much happier if they asked for a technical test but I guess they don't have the time. I am now benched so I suppose I have nothing to lose especially as my skill set is...- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
Great feedback, I am impressed with the verbal/email progress report idea so a big thanks for that and the other comments expressed. Actually, I should ask for a 1 week probation as I can absorb the hit and leave early if I believed all is not well and the feedback from existing contractors was...- BS1397
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Two Weeks Probation
Hi, I wonder if anybody had this clause forced on them during an interview? But I was told the client insists on a two weeks probationary period during which the contractor must agree to work unpaid if his contract is terminated within the first two weeks because the client thinks the work is...- BS1397
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HomeCare100
Landlord Offers - CP12 & Annual Service Contracts - British Gas Quite a jump compared to new subscribers prices. I think I will go for the 100 because all the rads and pipes are new and tested, and I have a couple of spare new still boxed rads in my shed as spares, so all that needs looking... -
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HomeCare100
48 Hours might be a problem as a landlord because I doubt if the tenants will be happy if they have to wait that long, I would have thought a business contract might have lower SLA times? -
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HomeCare100
Thank you all, I am going ahead with that as it is good common sense, but I was just a little apprehensive that BG might take advantage of the certification process and treat the inspection as a selling opportunity for either a new boiler or be over strict so they can charge extra to issue the... -
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HomeCare100
Hi, Any landlords here please with experience of British Gas "HomeCare100" contracts for Boiler cover? My house is due to be rented out this week so I thought I check here first before I phone BG in case I need to be aware of exclusions or any pitfalls before signing with them. Also, since... -
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Silly contract
Yes I saw that and my first thought was that it takes more than a day to get the credentials and forms signed just to get a pass and a network account, and even if this was ready then what can be achieved in a day when lots of internal Guru's had weeks getting nowhere? I can almost feel sorry...- BS1397
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Neil Armstrong RIP
I can't think of a single British SciFi series that isn't mega-crap. Blake 7, Dr Who, Space 1999... and the rest, although Red Dwarf is an exception because it is Comedy. American SciFi is so much better made.
