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PAH replied

8 February 2008, 12:19
Originally posted by KathyWoolfe View Post

Ah..ok, not seen that one

Not missing too much. It's ok but not a patch on the original. Maybe it's the supermarket muzak in the original that does it for me.

"Da do do do Da do do do do da do do doey do da do do do"

Classic.
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PAH replied

8 February 2008, 12:14
Originally posted by zeitghost

Believe me, you're pretty normal compared to that lot.
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TheFaQQer replied

8 February 2008, 11:43
Originally posted by ratewhore View Post

I assume you're talking in general terms now about the public sector. From a contractors point of view, the money is good and the work is reasonably interesting.

And of course there is always the argument of contributing to the greater good rather than some corporates bottom line (apart from your own Ltd obviously!)...

Indeed - I take significantly more out of the public purse than I put in
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Dow Jones replied

8 February 2008, 10:28
I agree

Originally posted by ratewhore View Post

And of course there is always the argument of contributing to the greater good rather than some corporates bottom line (apart from your own Ltd obviously!)...

Look at it as a way of tax re-distribution!
Also can't help feeling that anyone working for the Gov't may be safe from IR35. Never heard of anyone caught or even threatened that worked in the public sector.
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KathyWoolfe replied

8 February 2008, 10:06
Originally posted by PAH View Post

I was referring to the already existing remake, with the fast zombies.

Ah..ok, not seen that one
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PAH replied

8 February 2008, 10:03
Originally posted by KathyWoolfe View Post

The zombies were never all that fast

I was referring to the already existing remake, with the fast zombies.
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KathyWoolfe replied

8 February 2008, 09:50
Originally posted by PAH View Post

It's an ideal alternative venue if they ever remade the original Dawn of the Dead, without the fast zombies.

The zombies were never all that fast
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ratewhore replied

8 February 2008, 09:43
I assume you're talking in general terms now about the public sector. From a contractors point of view, the money is good and the work is reasonably interesting.

And of course there is always the argument of contributing to the greater good rather than some corporates bottom line (apart from your own Ltd obviously!)...
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Waldorf replied

7 February 2008, 23:32
Originally posted by Bluebird View Post

just finishing today...

job is easy but you have to deal with Civil Servants, who mostly don't live in the real world and could never hold down a job in the public sector.

In my opinion the CS is full of either:

1, Lazy barstewards
2. Oddballs who are socially inept

My god, I fully agree with you - sack half of them and we would not notice the difference and cut the budget deficit!
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PAH replied

7 February 2008, 17:28
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

That's true for the permies - you can spot them quite easily.

It's an ideal alternative venue if they ever remade the original Dawn of the Dead, without the fast zombies.
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TheFaQQer replied

7 February 2008, 17:25
Originally posted by PAH View Post

From what I've seen, the public sector is where all the oddballs end up. Sort of a care in the community programme.

That's true for the permies - you can spot them quite easily.
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PAH replied

7 February 2008, 17:21
From what I've seen, the public sector is where all the oddballs end up. Sort of a care in the community programme.
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ratewhore replied

7 February 2008, 16:51
infosec
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newbee replied

7 February 2008, 15:01
Originally posted by ratewhore View Post

I concur.

And I went from a previous public sector role to a banking one, with no banking experience.

So it is possible...

What is your skill set?
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ratewhore replied

7 February 2008, 14:23
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

Yep - riding the public sector gravy train. Don't know where you're looking for tulip rates - I'm on the highest I've ever been on at the moment.

I concur.

And I went from a previous public sector role to a banking one, with no banking experience.

So it is possible...
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