Originally posted by BolshieBastard
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Reply to: 3.5 hours on 1 stretch of the M25
Collapse
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
- You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Logging in...
Previously on "3.5 hours on 1 stretch of the M25"
Collapse
-
Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostLOL! Apparently it's because he keeps looking for and turning down contracts that 'offer' him an extra 85 quid a day!
I've lost count the number of threads he's started claiming he's interviewed here, there and everywhere in the last 3 or 4 months.
I recokon he's really in telesales somewhere and he's just daydreaming about all these interviews. Poor sod!
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Pogle View PostI seriously doubt it
Also how come your looking for work on the south coast?
I thought you had people hammering on the door wanting to offer you contracts?
Or did you finally punch that 'bitch' at work, like you were threatening to do?
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by eek View PostTravelling 600 miles a week and staying in a hotel for 4 nights to make £425 a week. He either hasn't got his calculations right or is happy to live in a real hovel. Then again his plan b ideas and house purchasing methods were equally insane.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostLOL! Apparently it's because he keeps looking for and turning down contracts that 'offer' him an extra 85 quid a day!
I've lost count the number of threads he's started claiming he's interviewed here, there and everywhere in the last 3 or 4 months.
I recokon he's really in telesales somewhere and he's just daydreaming about all these interviews. Poor sod!
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Pogle View PostI seriously doubt it
Also how come your looking for work on the south coast?
I thought you had people hammering on the door wanting to offer you contracts?
Or did you finally punch that 'bitch' at work, like you were threatening to do?
I've lost count the number of threads he's started claiming he's interviewed here, there and everywhere in the last 3 or 4 months.
I recokon he's really in telesales somewhere and he's just daydreaming about all these interviews. Poor sod!
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostTaking the positives from this experience:
Never again will I complain about traffic and congestion in Manchester. The M25 makes the M60 look like a joke.....
Also how come your looking for work on the south coast?
I thought you had people hammering on the door wanting to offer you contracts?
Or did you finally punch that 'bitch' at work, like you were threatening to do?
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
Never again will I complain ............................................
Leave a comment:
-
Taking the positives from this experience:
Never again will I complain about traffic and congestion in Manchester. The M25 makes the M60 look like a joke.....
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIsn't there a book that tells you the best way to get between each junction if it is closed?
Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.
If you aren't local or never been in that part of the world make sure you have a TomTom with traffic so you can follow everyone else in the convoy.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIsn't there a book that tells you the best way to get between each junction if it is closed?
Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.
Leave a comment:
-
I remember once I had an interview, it was around 30 mins by car. I left 45 mins early after checking the traffic was OK, so got there 15 mins early. Love telling that one down the pub.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI used to commute from Brentwood too...I learnt to hate the M25 but worked out how to skip bits of it by going off at various places and then rejoining it...
Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI spend two years commuting from Brentwood to Heathrow by car every day on the M25.
Leave a comment:
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Streamline Your Retirement with iSIPP: A Solution for Contractor Pensions Sep 1 09:13
- Making the most of pension lump sums: overview for contractors Sep 1 08:36
- Umbrella company tribunal cases are opening up; are your wages subject to unlawful deductions, too? Aug 31 08:38
- Contractors, relabelling 'labour' as 'services' to appear 'fully contracted out' won't dupe IR35 inspectors Aug 31 08:30
- How often does HMRC check tax returns? Aug 30 08:27
- Work-life balance as an IT contractor: 5 top tips from a tech recruiter Aug 30 08:20
- Autumn Statement 2023 tipped to prioritise mental health, in a boost for UK workplaces Aug 29 08:33
- Final reminder for contractors to respond to the umbrella consultation (closing today) Aug 29 08:09
- Top 5 most in demand cyber security contract roles Aug 25 08:38
- Changes to the right to request flexible working are incoming, but how will contractors be affected? Aug 24 08:25
Leave a comment: