Yes, so long as it isn't a certain Building Society where I once worked as a permie, reason being because they probably wouldn't have me back!
Just to explain, it was that job which finally pushed me over the edge and got me into this contracting lark. It's not that I'm not a team player but there the emphasis on the team was way over the top IMO. Regular team building activities, all the classics like raft building etc, normally followed by a pizza in Pizza Express where you would have to suffer the humiliation of standing up in front of everyone (and the rest of the punters) and tell the assembled group who in the team inspires you the most and why. The final straw was when they suggested doing group huddles on Monday morning before we started work.
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostI worked in Swindon some time back. But then, it was in the C & W datacentre and there were no windows, so I could have been anywhere.
Foxes was OK too...
i think I preferred it in the dark room downstairs
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI thought I had but after checking my records it was Slough, both begin with an 'S'
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostI'm already in Swindon.
And mighty glad to be off the bench I am too!
However, I'm looking forward to the weekend and it's only Wednesday...Originally posted by AtW View PostYou sound like a permie...
Never mind, it's "See you tomorrow day!!!"
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
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I thought I had but after checking my records it was Slough, both begin with an 'S' and are west of London so it was easy to get confused. I remember I stayed at one of the Holiday Inns near Heathrow and the office was over the road from a PC World (I think) who tried to sell me cassette tapes for a 4mm DAT as they didn't know what I was talking about
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I worked in Swindon some time back. But then, it was in the C & W datacentre and there were no windows, so I could have been anywhere.
Foxes was OK too...
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAre those restaurants accompanied by suitable innes or luxurious lodgings appropriate to the discerning contractor?
Help me here, I'm still deciding what to vote.
Originally posted by tim123 View PostAt the moment, I'd consider working in Afganistan
tim
When you are in the position where you NEED to work. Swindon isn't an issue.
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Originally posted by tim123 View PostAt the moment, I'd consider working in Afganistan
tim
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostNo, there are no good ones in Swindon. You need to travel a couple of miles to some of the surrounding small towns and villages such as Highworth, Brinkworth, Marlborough and Shrivenham etc.
Help me here, I'm still deciding what to vote.Last edited by Mich the Tester; 9 December 2009, 14:58.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostAre there any good restaurants in Swindon?
I mean, really good, not DP's local Harvester.
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Are there any good restaurants in Swindon?
I mean, really good, not DP's local Harvester.
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I drove there for a footy match last season. The footy ground is on the side of Swindon I come in from, so I didn't see much of the place. What did I miss?
PS There's a Don Rogers stand in the ground. Did the bloke who wrote it come from Swindon?
PPS Sorry, I'm thinking of Buck Rogers.
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Originally posted by DiscoStu View PostI'd work there just so I could go and admire DimPrawn's mansion.
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