Reply to: Stupid little 'well done' awards

[PerfectStorm]

Make sure you don't applaud at the awards ceremony, as this can be a pointer to IR35

[psychocandy]

If I pull an all nighter fixing something only recognition I would appreciate from client is allowing me to bill extra days to cover the extra hours or take a few days off in the future and bill for them.

[BolshieBastard]

Large client Im back at used to give these things out after every release. I can see the positive strokes for permies but wanted no part of it from a contractor's POV.

They stopped doing it about 5 years ago. None of the permies miss them.

Only recognition I want is a nice bottle of plonk when i leave a project.

[mudskipper]

Contractor I used to work with was told by his client to add 20K to his next invoice as a bonus. That's the sort of well done that I could appreciate.

Current clientCo shipped a lot of their star staff off to "Winter Wonderland" in Hyde Park three days before Christmas. My idea of hell!

Having said that, I was very chuffed when my PM's boss (I think out his own pocket) bought me a bottle of port at Christmas as a thank you. Sometimes a little appreciation goes a long way.

[vetran]

Without the lunchbox.

a bit of silicon could sort that for you.

[hyperD]

Back in the nineties when cash was aplenty, the team I was contracting for delivered something on time and we were all presented with an Olympic faux gold medal in celebration that we lied on a delivery date or something.

I felt like Linford Christie.

Without the lunchbox.

[vetran]

Lardy lardy

FTFY

FLC you are rocking that dress!

[d000hg]

I like an acknowledgement of my hard work. Like a rate rise.

If they make a song and dance about how good you are, that's great ammunition when you request a rate/pay increase.

[FatLazyContractor]

Many of the newbies on this site would actually fall over themselves with delight if the boss gave them a free pair of Raybans for writing a good Perl script or whatever. They would casually mention it to all family and friends, put it on their CV, wear them even at night, and then, if offered an extension with a rate cut, would accept it in the most sycophantic terms...

FTFY

[flamel]

I believe you.

Lordy lordy

[unixman]

Many of the cynics in this thread would actually fall over themselves with delight if the boss gave them a free pair of Raybans for writing a good Perl script or whatever. They would casually mention it to all family and friends, put it on their CV, wear them even at night, and then, if offered an extension with a rate cut, would accept it in the most sycophantic terms...

[flamel]

When I worked on Wall Street selling penny stocks at the end of each week we were rewarded with beer, prostitutes and as much cocaine as we could sniff. One week we had a dwarf tossing competition. Halycon days.

LOL

[FatLazyContractor]

When I was at Nationwide I got a medal for releasing my first code change - and 3 dolly birds came to my desk and did a little song and dance routine before draping it round my neck. Something about "Pride, passion and belief" ISTR.

I believe you.

[Pogle]

When I was at Nationwide I got a medal for releasing my first code change - and 3 dolly birds came to my desk and did a little song and dance routine before draping it round my neck. Something about "Pride, passion and belief" ISTR.

One of the contractors I worked with at Nationwide was given a Pride award and put it on his CV.

[MarillionFan]

When I was at Nationwide I got a medal for releasing my first code change - and 3 dolly birds came to my desk and did a little song and dance routine before draping it round my neck. Something about "Pride, passion and belief" ISTR.

When I worked on Wall Street selling penny stocks at the end of each week we were rewarded with beer, prostitutes and as much cocaine as we could sniff. One week we had a dwarf tossing competition. Halycon days.