Reply to: Contract of the week....

[CheeseSlice]

I still get that satisfaction when I work contract - walking back to the station.. "another £xxx"

I know the feeling.
I'm invoicing weekly at the moment which although is more admin, gives me that special buzz on a more regular basis.

[Advocate]

Isnt it less than minimum wage ?

Minimum wage is for workers with no skills. It is disgusting that a major 'automotive' company wants a database designed using access and wants to pay minimum wage. At least in McDonalds you get a free meal.

Fixed

[Advocate]

I had a summer job fixing shopping trolleys - great fun, mostly outdoors!

Another one at the Swafega factory was pretty good too.

[fullyautomatix]

Isnt it less than minimum wage ?

Minimum wage is for workers with no skills. It is disgusting that a major 'automotive' company wants a database designed and wants to pay minimum wage. At least in McDonalds you get a free meal.

[oversteer]

That was your contractor gene kicking in, even back then!

I still get that satisfaction when I work contract - walking back to the station.. "another £xxx"

I don't get that at all when I work perm, even though the salary isn't terribly dissimilar. Dunno why.

[doodab]

Surely everybody has experienced the thrill of realising that in the time it takes you to go to the vending machine and buy a packet of crisps, you've earned enough for the crisps.

You have a vending machine next to your desk?

[thunderlizard]

Everybody does that on their first job don't they? Surely everybody has experienced the thrill of realising that in the time it takes you to go to the vending machine and buy a packet of crisps, you've earned enough for the crisps.

[shaunbhoy]

I got a temp job doing something similar to this at Marconi in 1999 - I was in my summer break from university.

I got £5.50 an hour, which I used to obsessively total up each hour to work out how much I'd earnt so far..

That was your contractor gene kicking in, even back then!

[oversteer]

Wage £5.85 Per Hour

Location PETERLEE, County Durham SR8

Duration Temporary

Description

Our client is a top automotive component manufacturing company with worldwide representation and a reputation second to none. They are currently looking for a temporary IT professional to join the team for probably a 4 month period.The role will be to write and develop a costing database that can be rolled out across the organisation. The role will be to. prepare, from ground level up, a fully functioning database using Access.This is an ideal opportunity for someone with Access knowledge looking to gain experience in this temporary position with an organisation that has an excellent reputation for success in its field.



Anyone fancy a trip to the northeast?

I got a temp job doing something similar to this at Marconi in 1999 - I was in my summer break from university.

I got £5.50 an hour, which I used to obsessively total up each hour to work out how much I'd earnt so far..

[MarillionFan]

That is very similar to my second ever contract. I got £6.25/hr

I once had a job cleaning buses as well. I was 14 but funnily enough I haven't included it in my list of contracts!

[gingerjedi]

Indeed.

Fixing fruit machines started out at £5.50/hr.

I then had a rate increase to a whole £6/hr.

But, as mentioned above, it a) gave me something (tedious, but in some ways quite fun) to do b) filled a hole in the CV and c) provided some pin money.

And you could 'dip' a few quid when you were round the back with the door off.

[Churchill]

I spent a couple of months fixing defective monitors a few years back. All the tubes were skewed, fixing them involved pulling the back off, fiddling with the beam guides and applying adhesive magnets to adjust the picture. £3.50 hour and the opportunity to electricute yourself.

Trouble at mill! One on't cross beams gone owt askew on't treadle!

[Moscow Mule]

When I was a desperate student, I worked at the BAT ciggie factory in Southampton as a general dogsbody.

I forget how much it was an hour, but it wasn't enough as I used to come home stinking of tobacco. Grim.

[thunderlizard]

adhesive magnets

Aren't they all?

[DaveB]

I spent a couple of months fixing defective monitors a few years back. All the tubes were skewed, fixing them involved pulling the back off, fiddling with the beam guides and applying adhesive magnets to adjust the picture. £3.50 hour and the opportunity to electricute yourself.