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Previously on "My "I'll do anything" contract... a few weeks in"
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You think you’ve got it bad. The MD here has to do all the catering and cleaning.
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Look at it this way - when this gig finishes you'll be a shoo-in for a job at Kwik Fit
IGMC
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Originally posted by thelace View PostSopmetimes that's just the way it is....
Yesterday I was asked to come up with 5 basic rules for using a crane that they could roll out today...
I gave them the 5 basic rules on a 1 page powerpoint presentation, that was all I was required to do. I also told them that it would bring the factory to a halt if they roled them out coz they couldn't comply with rule 1.
Todays request is to put together a bulletin to explain to all staff that there are 5 basic rules coming down the line to them.... when the company has complied with basic rule number 1....
10 minutes work in 2 days.... You couldn't make it up!
Brain the size of a planet and they've got me parking cars), its not the amount of hours it takes you to deliver something, its the results and what you actually deliver that matters, I had the relevant knowledge that they lacked, my experience and ability to advise them on the right direction/decision to make was highly valued.
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Sopmetimes that's just the way it is....
Yesterday I was asked to come up with 5 basic rules for using a crane that they could roll out today...
I gave them the 5 basic rules on a 1 page powerpoint presentation, that was all I was required to do. I also told them that it would bring the factory to a halt if they roled them out coz they couldn't comply with rule 1.
Todays request is to put together a bulletin to explain to all staff that there are 5 basic rules coming down the line to them.... when the company has complied with basic rule number 1....
10 minutes work in 2 days.... You couldn't make it up!
Brain the size of a planet and they've got me parking cars
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostThat's just it, I don't really do anything all day so I don't really know why I'm here? It's a public sector site and I'm contracting with a 3rd party private company so I can only assume they're charging per body on site so they're quids in just for the fact I turn up every day.
I'd just like to thank all the tax payers for the privilege.
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Originally posted by tino View PostHead down and get on with it squire
I'd just like to thank all the tax payers for the privilege.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View Postflip me I'm supposed to be doing desktop/network support, today I've put some sticky labels on some desks and fitted a new tyre to a trolley WTF?
I'm working with a team of people who have MCSE's, MCSA's, CCNA's etc etc and we are all doing this de-skilled bulltulip type work... pays the bills I suppose.
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My "I'll do anything" contract... a few weeks in
Feck me I'm supposed to be doing desktop/network support, today I've put some sticky labels on some desks and fitted a new tyre to a trolley WTF?
I'm working with a team of people who have MCSE's, MCSA's, CCNA's etc etc and we are all doing this de-skilled bulltulip type work... pays the bills I suppose.Tags: None
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