You only just noticed?
The higher rate is to compensate for the boredom and mind numbing tedium.
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I can tell what the workload is like just by looking at what has been achieved in the last year by a large team.....Originally posted by eek View PostSo 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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IR35 alert!Originally posted by SueEllen View PostHe's reading documentation and using his soft skills to make connections with people....
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So you don't know what the workload will be like as you haven't (as of yet) been properly set up yet.Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Postas 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).
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background reading and research....
can be done from the pub normally.
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Actually I'm delivering a lot compared to most here....Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostSo you are billing your client whilst twiddling your thumbs waiting for IT access...
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Yeah, that's about the measure of it.Workload goes down as the rate goes up
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Workload goes down as the rate goes up
So you are billing your client whilst twiddling your thumbs waiting for IT access...Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostGone 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.
IR35 alert!
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FTFY.Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostGone 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.
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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.Tags: None
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