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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIn an effort to comply with russel's request I've actioned a couple of ...er... actions. Can you guess what the second one is?
I've been out all day and you've banned him again.
He is our saviour!
Revolution!!!!
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Originally posted by russell View PostThis is not General so keep it on topic please.
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Originally posted by contractor79 View PostHow would you go about reporting a cowboy?
how are you going to check the quals they have listed from shawadiwaddi university or verify their experience - no chance, there is feck all you can do
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Originally posted by pmeswani View PostCarry on with what you do... if you believe in going in with bullsh*t, then go for it.
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Originally posted by russellThose two sentences don't seem to have any connection. You left your last contract because one of your colleagues was sh*te?
I love it when a fellow contractor is terrible, makes me look good.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostYou left a contract because you felt someone you worked with was an insult to the technical community. My my, you must be loaded to be so precious.
The term 'what goes around, comes around'. Cowboy contractors will get theirs eventually and if you are intimidated by somebody like that it doesn't say much for your own confidence in your own skills.
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Inform your nearest Sheriff (Are you working in Scotland? Quite a few there)
HTH.
qh
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Originally posted by pmeswani View PostWell, I can only hope that our paths will never cross. As far as i am concerned, your CUK and real life rep is no different. One of the reasons why I left my last contract was because the contractor I was working with was sh*te and was an insult to the technical community.
The term 'what goes around, comes around'. Cowboy contractors will get theirs eventually and if you are intimidated by somebody like that it doesn't say much for your own confidence in your own skills.
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Originally posted by russell View PostIf I grassed up every contractor I worked with on suspicions that they "sexed up" their CV, my real life rep would match my CUK one.
Any contractor worth their salt will have exaggerated on their CV, then spent many hours cramming on a skill, then you get in and learn on the job, then it becomes a real skill.
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Originally posted by contractor79 View PostI'm just interested in how you'd deal with a contractor you worked with who you had huge suspicions was there on the basis of a false cv. It's obvious when it happens.
Any contractor worth their salt will have exaggerated on their CV, then spent many hours cramming on a skill, then you get in and learn on the job, then it becomes a real skill.
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As I don't know what you do for a living, I would suggest at the next project meeting nominating the cowboy to do a piece of work that (s)he claims can do blindfolded and sit back and wait to see what happens.
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