Reply to: Types of work in demand in a recession

[DiscoStu]

I'll just go back to the SAS if the contracting dries up, there's a secret mission they want me on.

HRH

[PAH]

AtW made me!!!!

AtW bot alert.

[Diver]

Gulag for you!

AtW made me!!!!

[bogeyman]

Big Issue seller?

No! I'm not winding you up Bogey

Gulag for you!

[Diver]

Big Issue seller?

No! I'm not winding you up Bogey

[oracleslave]

Has anyone given serious thought to Undertaking - seems to be recession proof - I think you can now open one up franchise style but unsure as to whetther one needs qualifications - Gity and Guilds perhaps - is a sector which could do with some competition ie Pruffocks Happy Stiffs Special offers - two for the price of one - will better any of out competitors quotes - book early for massive discounts - etc

Indeed, an undertaker is the last person to 'let you down'.

igmc

[AlfredJPruffock]

Has anyone given serious thought to Undertaking - seems to be recession proof - I think you can now open one up franchise style but unsure as to whetther one needs qualifications - Gity and Guilds perhaps - is a sector which could do with some competition ie Pruffocks Happy Stiffs Special offers - two for the price of one - will better any of out competitors quotes - book early for massive discounts - etc

[oracleslave]

They can be very dangerous. I was told once that if I stood too close to the edge of the platform I might get sucked off.
I went back every night for a month and never got any action, but I nearly got killed about a dozen times.

[EternalOptimist]

One of my mates had to get a head out of the underpinnings of a diesel train once.

I don't think he enjoyed it much.

They can be very dangerous. I was told once that if I stood too close to the edge of the platform I might get sucked off.
I went back every night for a month and never got any action, but I nearly got killed about a dozen times.

[NotAllThere]

I think you mean "toot toot"
I guess you're right - but that would fall under my BI category I think.

I do SAP BI, and SAP HR. Both are "toot toot". Especially since HR at one of my clients has been centralised in order to save money in these difficult times. Other clients have laid off a proportion of their permanent staff, and so the middle managers are crying out for contractors, as the work needs doing, and contractors aren't headcount.

[KackAttack]

Gordon's PR agent

[thunderlizard]

It's a similar observation as restaurants are busy in an upturn and takeaways busier in a downturn.

Odd..I'd have thought in an upturn, people are too busy for the full sit-down option and go for the takeaway instead.

hang on...you're right. The first casualty of recession is the expenses account.

[threaded]

One of my mates had to get a head out of the underpinnings of a diesel train once.

I don't think he enjoyed it much.

Ooohhh, I remember that, they used to do it at The Plant in Doncaster. If it weren't, it may well be a different head. Apparently heads tended to end up in there on Deltics for some obscure reason.

[BrilloPad]

I'm sure he'll do something ban-worthy sooner or later.

Fingers crossed...

Give over - you love it. And I reckon you are HRHisafelchlord...

[BrilloPad]

Answering the original question:

CUK village idiot

Seems to weather all storms - economic, political etc.

However, the present incumbent, HRH, seems to have made the role his own in a remarkably short space of time and looks like he will be resident for a prolonged period.

I thought it was Wilmslow?