Reply to: Whining permie managerman wants 'transparency' on contractor costs

[Sausage Surprise]

Monkey Butlers

[ThomasSoerensen]

Film crew that documents the contractor life style.
Formula 1 team expenses.
Americas Cup entrants fee.
Space X development costs.

did I miss anything?

[craig1]

I donated 23% of my overall reportable company profit last financial year to a not-for-profit organisation, this despite some despicable people working mainly from the IoM telling me that I could reduce this to 10%.

[eek]

I am a mistake

FTFY

FTFY (correctly this time)...

Never annoy the person paying or potentially paying the bill unless they totally and utterly deserve it and you can 1000% pin the blame on them....

[MyUserName]

I made a mistake once in talking to a permie.

FTFY

[eek]

I made a mistake once in telling a permie cow-orker that my first class season ticket cost me less as an out-of-pocket expense than his cattle-class season ticket. Once he worked this out and that I was also on roughly £300p/d more than his all-in permie salary and benefits he got the right hump and was never the same towards me.

It's better to act like the politicians do and try to keep the permie oiks out of our business as they'll never understand that we deserve all these extra things because we're a better class of people than them.

Nope its better to ensure people don't know things as may wind up the person who agrees the extension and pays the bill.

But on the other point.

Salary of secondary chauffeur / car in case main chauffeur isn't appropriate attired / 2 seconds later. Both chauffeur are of course ex bunny girls in appropriate attire all year round....

[craig1]

I made a mistake once in telling a permie cow-orker that my first class season ticket cost me less as an out-of-pocket expense than his cattle-class season ticket. Once he worked this out and that I was also on roughly £300p/d more than his all-in permie salary and benefits he got the right hump and was never the same towards me.

It's better to act like the politicians do and try to keep the permie oiks out of our business as they'll never understand that we deserve all these extra things because we're a better class of people than them.

[Mich the Tester]

Likewise I am going to start asking Tesco how they justify 4000% mark ups on their cabbages.

Indeed, and the best justification they can give is this; 'that's the price we want for them and that's the price we've discovered people will pay'. That's also all the 'transparency' anyone needs about my rate.

[MyUserName]

you contractors don't help yourselves do you? With your 'outsider' mentality. Once you cross over its quite comfy you know.

Come.... Come..... The water's lovely.....

It's a trap!!!!!

[hyperD]

That's not water.

[MarillionFan]

You know thats similar to what I thought when I read the first page....

does permie muppet question why every other supplier they have charges what they do and why?

No because he/she cannot seem to understand that the contractors are companies who are there to make money - he sees people and thinks 'employees'

You contractors don't help yourselves do you? With your 'outsider' mentality. Once you cross over its quite comfy you know.

Come.... Come..... The water's lovely.....

[original PM]

Likewise I am going to start asking Tesco how they justify 4000% mark ups on their cabbages.

You know thats similar to what I thought when I read the first page....

does permie muppet question why every other supplier they have charges what they do and why?

No because he/she cannot seem to understand that the contractors are companies who are there to make money - he sees people and thinks 'employees'

[DodgyAgent]

There's a permie managerman here who's just read an article in the Dutch IT press saying there's no 'transparency' in contractors' rates and he'd like to know where the money goes that his employer pays. He says it would be nice to see a breakdown of the costs of a contractor.

So I thought we could make a little list for him of the typical contractor's costs. Not all of these pertain to myself, but I'm sure we could make this entertaining with a little imagination, then I can send him a breakdown of the costs that a typical contractor runs up in a month.

- restaurants
- fuel for 4 and 5 litre contractormobiles
- occasional training courses
- adult toys to keep the Mrs busy while working away
- selection of fine wines
- porn subscriptions
- gimp suits
- cocaine
- ho's
- Cuban cigars
- exotic holidays
- swinger club membership fees

Please add your suggestions so he can get a full picture of how expensive the contracting life really is and why we need good rates.

Likewise I am going to start asking Tesco how they justify 4000% mark ups on their cabbages.

[MyUserName]

Have you only got the one?

Pauper.

I would not sell him any of the others.

[MarillionFan]

My Private Caribbean Island. You mean you don't have one

Have you only got the one?

Pauper.