Reply to: stereotypes

[Zippy]

I'm on £12.50ph with all the above costs, it's only a bog standard 2nd line support role and the permies are on £25k so flip knows how the client came up with that rate... near suicidal at the moment!!!

It just about beats sitting at home clicking refresh.

Not fun but you are right - it beats sitting at home and earning bugger all.

[gingerjedi]

... that they are always trying to defend how much they charge

I'm on £12.50ph with all the above costs, it's only a bog standard 2nd line support role and the permies are on £25k so feck knows how the client came up with that rate... near suicidal at the moment!!!

It just about beats sitting at home clicking refresh.

[d000hg]

That we're expensive compared to an employee, most permies divide their salary up into hours and moan like flip that the contractor next to them earns more completely ignoring the fact they get paid for holidays, bank holidays, sick days, duvet days, dependents days, maternity and paternity days... they also forget they don't pay employees NI, PL & PI insurance, accountant/umbrella fees... also they forget that it cost a bloody fortune to get rid of an employee and they have never had an unpaid day since they left school.

... that they are always trying to defend how much they charge

[vetran]

That we are all hung like donkeys and will take any gorgeous girl to heaven and back three times before afternoon tea.

I can't stand the pressure any more.

[Bunk]

Yes, the one where we turn up at 10 and head of to the boozer most days for a couple of pints. Oh wait...

[weemster]

That we are all deeply unattractive, bolshy, right-wing, money-grabbing, tax-dodging males.

Sadly .........

Deeply unattractive - Wouldn't say that.
Bolshy - Nope.
Right Wing - Ok right of center .
Money grabbing - Nope.
tax dodging - Ok a little.

[Zippy]

Oh you are naughty, I most certainly am

OK - give us a clue. Which bit is inaccurate?

[weemster]

So you're not a bloke?

Oh you are naughty, I most certainly am

[minestrone]

Yes, the one where we turn up at 10 and head of to the boozer most days for a couple of pints. Oh wait...

[Zippy]

Not all of us

So you're not a bloke?

[Sysman]

That we're only contracting because we haven't been able to get a real job.

[weemster]

That we are all deeply unattractive, bolshy, right-wing, money-grabbing, tax-dodging males.

Sadly .........

Not all of us

[Pogle]

Dear Members,

I'm quite interested to know what types of stereotypes about contractors you would like to end. Is there any particular one that you cannot stand?

Thanks a lot, hope you all have a great weekend

Very polite post btw

I hate the assumption that we're all treckies and its just not true, some of us are Whovians

Anyway geeky = sexy in my book

[cojak]

You missed the rant tags.

And the carriage returns.

WHS

That we're all annoyingly anal pedants who insist on pointing out errors made by others to give an inflated feeling of self-worth and increased sense of superiority.



Oh and you're

absolutely...

[Mich the Tester]

That we just do it for the money.

I do. Oh, no, come to think of it, I'd rather live under a bridge drinking meths as a self employed homeless person than go permie.