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Maybe a BOOM after all!

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    Maybe a BOOM after all!

    Well, despite being told my services would be no longer required after the contract end at end of month, a week or so ago, it looks like client has had a change of heart.

    Looks like they want me to stay for another 2-3 months. Must admit on the one hand I was looking forward to a bit of a rest, but beginning of December is not a great time to be on the bench.

    A few irons in the fire, but well aware that it may get quiet soon. One thing I did notice is that there are some awful rates on offer out there at the moment. So this one should keep me going until Feb earliest and rate is decent enough. Trek every day on the train, but home every night at least.

    To a certain extend I'm of the opinion that now is a good time to make hay while the sun shines before it all goes belly up possibly in April 2016 as well!
    Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

    #2
    And you will be glad to hear you're taxes will be safe now because I was planning to claim JSA again. :-)
    Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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      #3
      Cash flow is king
      Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.

      No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.

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        #4
        I'm in a remarkably similar scenario.

        I think the hiring manager likes to test your caliber by delaying extension chats until the 11th hour.
        http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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          #5
          Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
          And you will be glad to hear you're taxes will be safe now because I was planning to claim JSA again. :-)
          LOL.

          Good for you, regarding the extension
          The Chunt of Chunts.

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            #6
            Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
            I'm in a remarkably similar scenario.

            I think the hiring manager was hoping to get rid of me by delaying extension chats until the 11th hour.

            He can't sack me it would be like clubbing a baby seal
            FTFY
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
              I'm in a remarkably similar scenario.

              I think the hiring manager likes to test your caliber by delaying extension chats until the 11th hour.
              It's the best feeling in the world when they leave it to the last minute and you say, sorry, I've got something at £50pd more. Bye.

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                #8
                Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
                I'm in a remarkably similar scenario.

                I think the hiring manager likes to test your caliber by delaying extension chats until the 11th hour.
                Unfortunately, not everyone gets treated the same.

                It depends on how much they need you, to be quite frank.

                I have been treated a lot differently, than others, with regards to, extensions by the same line manager.

                Not something, I agree with, but, thats just how it is.
                The Chunt of Chunts.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by vetran View Post
                  FTFY
                  Ssssh, keep my contract extending tips quiet ;-)

                  http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by MarkT View Post
                    It's the best feeling in the world when they leave it to the last minute and you say, sorry, I've got something at £50pd more. Bye.
                    Even funnier, when they then have the audacity to get upset about it
                    The Chunt of Chunts.

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