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Previously on "Workload goes down as the rate goes up"

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  • Big Blue Plymouth
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    You only just noticed?

    The higher rate is to compensate for the boredom and mind numbing tedium.

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    So you don't know what the workload will be like as you haven't (as of yet) been properly set up yet.
    I can tell what the workload is like just by looking at what has been achieved in the last year by a large team.....

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    He's reading documentation and using his soft skills to make connections with people....
    IR35 alert!

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    as 8 days in I'm still yet to get access to the required environments to even do any work. Reminds me of my Barclays days (although there the rate was awful so perhaps that's an anomaly).
    So you don't know what the workload will be like as you haven't (as of yet) been properly set up yet.

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  • original PM
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    background reading and research....

    can be done from the pub normally.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    So you are billing your client whilst twiddling your thumbs waiting for IT access...

    IR35 alert!
    He's reading documentation and using his soft skills to make connections with people....

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  • Elliegirl
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    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Actually I'm delivering a lot compared to most here....

    That's fighting talk.

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    So you are billing your client whilst twiddling your thumbs waiting for IT access...

    IR35 alert!
    Actually I'm delivering a lot compared to most here....

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Workload goes down as the rate goes up
    Yeah, that's about the measure of it.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Workload goes down as the rate goes up

    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Gone up to top end rate for NW and I thought man I'm going to have to work hard to earn that rate...

    Turns out the proportionality is reversed as 8 days in I'm still yet to get access to the required environments to even do any work. Reminds me of my Barclays days (although there the rate was awful so perhaps that's an anomaly).

    CUK is going to get a lot more of my wisdom over the coming weeks by the sounds of it.
    So you are billing your client whilst twiddling your thumbs waiting for IT access...

    IR35 alert!

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by washed up contractor View Post
    FTFY.
    hey he should fit right in!

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  • washed up contractor
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    Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
    Gone up to top end rate for NW and I thought man I'm going to have to work hard to earn that rate...

    Turns out the proportionality is reversed as 8 days in I'm still yet to get access to the required environments to even do any work. Reminds me of my Barclays days (although there the rate was awful so perhaps that's an anomaly).

    CUK is going to get a lot more of my self indulgent condescending bragging over the coming weeks by the sounds of it.
    FTFY.

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  • NorthWestPerm2Contr
    started a topic Workload goes down as the rate goes up

    Workload goes down as the rate goes up

    Gone up to top end rate for NW and I thought man I'm going to have to work hard to earn that rate...

    Turns out the proportionality is reversed as 8 days in I'm still yet to get access to the required environments to even do any work. Reminds me of my Barclays days (although there the rate was awful so perhaps that's an anomaly).

    CUK is going to get a lot more of my wisdom over the coming weeks by the sounds of it.

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