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Previously on "UNBOOMED - public sector client :-("

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

    Maybe then..... The government place I work is self-funding apparently. Maybe they are skint then. Lot of furloughed staff...
    Land Registry, or Companies House. Can't think of any other self-funding agencies

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post
    A large Public Sector entity near me has been cancelling a lot of projects over the last two months. I met up with a senior chap from a supplier at a BBQ last weekend who tells me that cutbacks are happening all over the government as the furlough scheme and other pandemic related high-cost items have left the finances out of control.

    Probably going to be dry there for quite a while now.

    They were inside gigs anyway.
    Maybe then..... The government place I work is self-funding apparently. Maybe they are skint then. Lot of furloughed staff...

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post

    They are getting rid of deadwood and those who go on foreign holidays during dead Covid pandemic...
    Wot everyone ?

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post
    A large Public Sector entity near me has been cancelling a lot of projects over the last two months. I met up with a senior chap from a supplier at a BBQ last weekend who tells me that cutbacks are happening all over the government as the furlough scheme and other pandemic related high-cost items have left the finances out of control.

    Probably going to be dry there for quite a while now.

    They were inside gigs anyway.
    I suspect you know exactly where psycho is working then as he's been inside for years.

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  • TwoWolves
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    A large Public Sector entity near me has been cancelling a lot of projects over the last two months. I met up with a senior chap from a supplier at a BBQ last weekend who tells me that cutbacks are happening all over the government as the furlough scheme and other pandemic related high-cost items have left the finances out of control.

    Probably going to be dry there for quite a while now.

    They were inside gigs anyway.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by saptastic View Post

    Not much information PC - why is this? and what is the context?

    FYI : fill yer boots
    https://www.contractoruk.com/news/00...arch_1998.html
    Covid passport scheme?

    Had a phone interview with an Indian agency for this earlier this year, and as a tech test they wanted me to code a complete Django web app to output and input data while they watched me actually working on it on a shared screen. Decided it was a complete piss take, intended to weed out all except other Indians, and put the phone down.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Odd they were recruiting for more people a few weeks ago.
    They are getting rid of deadwood and those who go on foreign holidays during dead Covid pandemic...

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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

    Well, I'd probably better not name the client specifically but who knows?

    COVID maybe? Not sure. But its not like a public sector entity has lost money during all of this...
    bankrupt council?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Paralytic View Post

    FTFY
    You need to apply on his website

    https://www.northernladukcommentgenerator.co.uk/

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  • Paralytic
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Still waiting for NLUK to offer me £800 a day as his accountant.
    FTFY

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

    Maybe I'll give them a shout. Swansea is a bit of a trek mind - England is closer for me.
    This is the advantage of owning a caravan, but you'll need to put the wheels back on.

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  • psychocandy
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    Still waiting for NLUK to offer me £800 a day as his PA.

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

    Odd they were recruiting for more people a few weeks ago.
    Maybe I'll give them a shout. Swansea is a bit of a trek mind - England is closer for me.

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by eek View Post

    You've mentioned DVLA in the past so there is little point not revealing it now.
    Nah not me. Its not them.

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  • psychocandy
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    To be fair in this weather I am in short PJ bottoms (bought a job lot for days as well) but I shower first - they are so comfortable!

    Unfortunately my chest isn't quite as good as Daniel Craig so I wear T shirts.
    Some days I dont shower till about 4pm. Minging I know.

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