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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostI am sorry that was a personal insult and I sincerely apologise.
I did not mean to boast or upset anyone and have found myself wound up by people on an internet forum. I will end now. Not all my apogies are snide
Left school? only just.
BTW I'm more grey than ginger.
Merry Xmas.
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I am sorry that was a personal insult and I sincerely apologise.
I did not mean to boast or upset anyone and have found myself wound up by people on an internet forum. I will end now. Not all my apogies are snide
Left school? only just.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostIts worse than the playground here....
....I suppose it does help to have the force on your side if you really are a ginger.
It was only a bit of constructive criticism... which you chose to ignore looking at your snide apologies.
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It was not my intentious to boast. I am sorry for that also. IT seems that there are some sticky roles which suit my skill and i had a number of immediate calls from numerous agents, mainly about these roles and a couple about other roles. Apologies in advance if anyone picks holes in this comment.
I suppose it does help to have the force on your side if you really are a ginger. Maybe one day you will make it as internet fora legislative expert. I did type that your honour.
Thanks ratewhore, it pays the bills alright. Agressive bunch if you say the wqrong the thing aren't they.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostOf course I don't let on what rate i'm on. I'm sorry if MY mis-comment has in any way been detrimental to your existance. I should articulate exactly since it a "contractors" internet forum. However some the people I work with tend to know what rate i'm approximately on since its pretty much a standard level.
I apologise for being a knob - in your opinion. I will now reside to the sidelines. I just thought that feedback of current happenings in this field would be interesting to those in this field. There does seem to be a lot of contracts going out the door at the moment and some contracts created by current economic conditions. I'm glad I don't work for you - excel/powerpoint engineering would be my guess.
Merry christmas.
You have a bit of work to do though if you're only on double the permie rate
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Originally posted by conned tractor View Post...Makes me cringe telling them on the phone my rate when the poor permies in earshot don't even get half of what I get".
I suggest you leave it there before you dig yourself an even bigger hole.
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Of course I don't let on what rate i'm on. I'm sorry if MY mis-comment has in any way been detrimental to your existance. I should articulate exactly since it a "contractors" internet forum. However some the people I work with tend to know what rate i'm approximately on since its pretty much a standard level.
I apologise for being a knob - in your opinion. I will now reside to the sidelines. I just thought that feedback of current happenings in this field would be interesting to those in this field. There does seem to be a lot of contracts going out the door at the moment and some contracts created by current economic conditions. I'm glad I don't work for you - excel/powerpoint engineering would be my guess.
Merry christmas.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostIts worse than the playground here.
Of course I don't spout off about my rate. Yep, I do think that agents are mainly slimeballs and I will continue to treat them like that. Sorry my choice.
I do take the call, yes on mobile, I see this as fine as environment is quite relaxed.
There are some angry people on here. Some people need to take a holiday, maybe christmas will help.
"Makes me cringe telling them on the phone my rate when the poor permies in earshot don't even get half of what I get"
If you think that is perfectly ok then I feel sorry for you. If you were working for me and did that, you wouldn't see out the day.
And I would suggest most people here are happy (with a couple of notable exceptions of course). However I do suspect people get a little hacked off with those who think it's funny to behave like a knob and give contractors a bad name.
But hey, maybe that's just me.
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I tend to see the holiday situation as an advantage and plan to take at least 5 or 6 weeks off, if project allows, and still earn more then twice than the permie.
On a side note, I have had a few wellwishers telling me that hopefully I might even get a permie role one day....like I want one, yeah right.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostThere are some angry people on here. Some people need to take a holiday, maybe christmas will help.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View PostIts worse than the playground here.
Of course I don't spout off about my rate. Yep, I do think that agents are mainly slimeballs and I will continue to treat them like that. Sorry my choice.
I do take the call, yes on mobile, I see this as fine as environment is quite relaxed.
There are some angry people on here. Some people need to take a holiday, maybe christmas will help.
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