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Previously on "Keep calm and keep billing"

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  • edison
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    The downside of this is you have to study law first.
    I've studied Law for a year, it's more interesting than Computer Science!

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  • heyya99
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Happened to me once as well. The bloke that runs my payroll is a right useless tw@t. Saying that so is the HR Manager and Sales Manager etc etc
    Who’d have thought that a month away from my considerably large distribution we’d finally agree on something.

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  • Chief People Officer
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    Happened to me once as well. The bloke that runs my payroll is a right useless tw@t. Saying that so is the HR Manager and Sales Manager etc etc
    Fair points, given we hired you.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I didn't get my wages for 3 months and didn't notice.
    Happened to me once as well. The bloke that runs my payroll is a right useless tw@t. Saying that so is the HR Manager and Sales Manager etc etc

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by heyya99 View Post
    Tbh I haven't needed to check
    I didn't get my wages for 3 months and didn't notice. I pay someone to do that. Fortunately, they noticed before it dropped below the 75K passive income LondonPM1 has.

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  • heyya99
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    You got your wage this month?
    Tbh I haven't needed to check

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I've known lawyers take their clients out for dinner. And then charge them for the meal and the time. My doctor charges on 5 minute intervals - but fortunately, it's only about £15 per 5 minutes. And the insurance pays most of it.
    Yup. Found this out the hard way when filing my first patent in Munich.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by heyya99 View Post
    No
    You got your wage this month?

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  • NotAllThere
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    I've known lawyers take their clients out for dinner. And then charge them for the meal and the time. My doctor charges on 5 minute intervals - but fortunately, it's only about £15 per 5 minutes. And the insurance pays most of it.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by edison View Post
    I once worked with a firm which used super expensive Magic Circle type law firms. Some of the US based lawyers used to fly first class from New York to London and as well as expensing that, half the journey time counted as billable at a rate of £500-1000/hour.

    Lawyers often bill in six minute segments. I once had a personal meeting with a junior-ish employment lawyer at a city law firm. After she offered to make me a tea, we had a very brief chit chat before the business discussion and I realised that had already cost me £100.
    I've seen lawyers bill in 2.5 minute segments.

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  • heyya99
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    I once billed 8 hours for doing next to nothing.. I say once.. I mean once a day for the last 12 years
    No

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by edison View Post
    I once worked with a firm which used super expensive Magic Circle type law firms. Some of the US based lawyers used to fly first class from New York to London and as well as expensing that, half the journey time counted as billable at a rate of £500-1000/hour.

    Lawyers often bill in six minute segments. I once had a personal meeting with a junior-ish employment lawyer at a city law firm. After she offered to make me a tea, we had a very brief chit chat before the business discussion and I realised that had already cost me £100.
    The downside of this is you have to study law first.

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  • edison
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Compared with lawyers invoices, that is pathetic.
    I once worked with a firm which used super expensive Magic Circle type law firms. Some of the US based lawyers used to fly first class from New York to London and as well as expensing that, half the journey time counted as billable at a rate of £500-1000/hour.

    Lawyers often bill in six minute segments. I once had a personal meeting with a junior-ish employment lawyer at a city law firm. After she offered to make me a tea, we had a very brief chit chat before the business discussion and I realised that had already cost me £100.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by Ploptimus View Post
    Make sure you copy the image address not the page and put it in IMG tags






    *I honestly don't know what the **** is wrong with me.
    **Woohoo! Finally!

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  • Ploptimus
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Or my daughter's stuffed IKEA Monkey. Constantly pissed and leading me astray.

    It has been 5 years CUcKolds. Can someone please finally teach me how to embed images? Talking of which, where is Greenlake?
    Make sure you copy the image address not the page and put it in IMG tags


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