Reason 11/31
Show up the lazy, good-for -nothing, whinging permies for what they really are.
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Reason 10 or 30 depending on your counting!
Contractors are conscientious, caring, flexible and offer great value for money!
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Reason # 29
Their contract ends just when you need them, and the will not extend
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Originally posted by Moose423956Reason #28
Not being able to count.
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overpaid half baked bone idle time wasting money grabbing whingeing unkempt illiterate illegitemate sneaky coniving backstabbing slimey smelly overated scrounging untrustworthy?
What was the question again?
Politician's T'sk I ask you
where was I
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Originally posted by PaddyReason #6
They will show that the permie who was on the project prior to the contractor knew f^%$ all.
Reason #7
my A hole twitches to much
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Reason #7
They will demonstrate their freelance IR35-friendly status by refusing to be 'on message' with just about anything.
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Reason #6
They will show that the permie who was on the project prior to the contractor knew f^%$ all.
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Originally posted by minsky1Reason #1 - Unproductive. Take a look at how much time is wasted posting nonsense on here.
Reason #2 - Their feet smell.
Reason #3 - they block the lav's with "brown sharks".
Anything else?
Reaoon #4 - Our invoices are wildly inflated
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Reasons not to engage a contractor ...
Reason #1 - Unproductive. Take a look at how much time is wasted posting nonsense on here.
Reason #2 - Their feet smell.
Reason #3 - they block the lav's with "brown sharks".
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