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Previously on "Low-life corporate molluscs"

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  • TheMonkey
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    Originally posted by WageSlave
    Franco, darling, you really need to leave that firm behind and become a contractor.

    99.9% of clients are idotic tossers. Most project teams are full of idiotic tossers. Being a contractor means just as much politics and frustration as a permie. The difference is the money and the fact that you don't need to worry about a promotion.

    Just take the money, and if the client is happy blowing millions on crap systems (just because the FD saw an advert in the paper)... well, it's their business.
    yes - the man talks sense!

    Btw, my work ethic (to use the American phrase) is: I do not smoke or take tea breaks and I have a short as possible lunch out (at least 15 minutes though away from a TFT) and eat my lunch over a 1-2 hour period whilst working which is much healthier. I also stick to 8 working hours UNCONDITIONALLY. If the PM screws up then I'm not hanging round to clear up his mess. A day is 8 hours. If a project overruns, thats another day's pay minimum.

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  • WageSlave
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    Franco, darling, you really need to leave that firm behind and become a contractor.

    99.9% of clients are idotic tossers. Most project teams are full of idiotic tossers. Being a contractor means just as much politics and frustration as a permie. The difference is the money and the fact that you don't need to worry about a promotion.

    Just take the money, and if the client is happy blowing millions on crap systems (just because the FD saw an advert in the paper)... well, it's their business.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Francko
    Starting from the article which was stating that the average time for lunch in UK is 19 minutes, how many low-life corporate molluscs you reckon are in your company?

    I can see a few that enjoy arriving earlier, taking no lunch breaks, leaving late and being unable to do any effective work whatsoever.

    Is this the new role model for the late 2000s? A low-life corporate mollusc? Doesn't smoke, doesn't take tea breaks, doesn't have lunch, doesn't do any productive work.
    Depends what you mean by work.
    I'm a corporate mollusc strategizer.
    You're just the corporate slave implementer.
    Deal with it.

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  • Pondlife
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    Originally posted by Francko

    Is this the new role model for the late 2000s? A low-life corporate mollusc? Doesn't smoke, doesn't take tea breaks, doesn't have lunch, doesn't do any productive work.
    It's why I went contracting in the first place.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Can you get on with your work now please I'm busy kissing the bosses arse?

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  • Francko
    started a topic Low-life corporate molluscs

    Low-life corporate molluscs

    Starting from the article which was stating that the average time for lunch in UK is 19 minutes, how many low-life corporate molluscs you reckon are in your company?

    I can see a few that enjoy arriving earlier, taking no lunch breaks, leaving late and being unable to do any effective work whatsoever.

    Is this the new role model for the late 2000s? A low-life corporate mollusc? Doesn't smoke, doesn't take tea breaks, doesn't have lunch, doesn't do any productive work.

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