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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Don't, don't, don't take a job where you are required to cover hours on the West coast of the US

    (1) It takes you 2-3 hours every morning to catch up with the emails from the night before
    (2) The fookers set all of your meetings up from 8am (or 4pm your time)
    (3) The working day just goes on, and on and on and ******* on.

    MF in 'just finished his last '5' minute call from 9.30 with someone who wanted to have a 'quick' chat.
    Piece of cake - just time shift, i.e. get up later, work later.

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  • b0redom
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    Originally posted by rob s View Post
    'professional working day' should be defined in yourco's standard terms and conditions.
    ftfy. Hth bibid.

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  • rob s
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    'Professional Working Day' should be illegal.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Word of advice. Folks on here won't take advice from you as you're a muppet, so you can reinvest that time in sucking off your yank client by bending to their every whim.

    Or grow a pair and enforce some way of working so they know who's boss.

    #justsayin
    White two sugars please sweetheart and afterwards can you wash my car. Chop chop.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Don't, don't, don't take a job where you are required to cover hours on the West coast of the US

    (1) It takes you 2-3 hours every morning to catch up with the emails from the night before
    (2) The fookers set all of your meetings up from 8am (or 4pm your time)
    (3) The working day just goes on, and on and on and ******* on.

    MF in 'just finished his last '5' minute call from 9.30 with someone who wanted to have a 'quick' chat.
    Word of advice. Folks on here won't take advice from you as you're a muppet, so you can reinvest that time in sucking off your yank client by bending to their every whim.

    Or grow a pair and enforce some way of working so they know who's boss.

    #justsayin

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
    So what's the total number of hours you're working every week?

    I'm considering whether to apply for a job in the US, but I have suspicions that they work you like a dog..
    Worked on a project in US, first deliverable to customer was due on monday, I delivered my teams code on Wednesday. Over-night build failed! arrived Thursday did not go home until Monday.

    Someone else had some bad code in one of the libraries, but he was not answering the phone.

    They wanted to extend, I said no.

    This was the same project where the had to 'can' 6 bobs, with fake papers.

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Don't, don't, don't take a job where you are required to cover hours on the West coast of the US

    (1) It takes you 2-3 hours every morning to catch up with the emails from the night before
    (2) The fookers set all of your meetings up from 8am (or 4pm your time)
    (3) The working day just goes on, and on and on and ******* on.

    MF in 'just finished his last '5' minute call from 9.30 with someone who wanted to have a 'quick' chat.
    I suggest you take a job that involves co-ordinating teams in US, Oz and India. Fun gig that was.

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  • SimonMac
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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
    So what's the total number of hours you're working every week?
    0.

    He is too busy whoring for rep on cUK.

    HTH

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  • KentPhilip
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    So what's the total number of hours you're working every week?

    I'm considering whether to apply for a job in the US, but I have suspicions that they work you like a dog..

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  • AtW
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  • MarillionFan
    started a topic Word of Advice from someone who knows

    Word of Advice from someone who knows

    Don't, don't, don't take a job where you are required to cover hours on the West coast of the US

    (1) It takes you 2-3 hours every morning to catch up with the emails from the night before
    (2) The fookers set all of your meetings up from 8am (or 4pm your time)
    (3) The working day just goes on, and on and on and ******* on.

    MF in 'just finished his last '5' minute call from 9.30 with someone who wanted to have a 'quick' chat.

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