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Bad Day at The Office

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    Bad Day at The Office

    Contract renewal time and after 7 years (last 6 being 12 month renewals) we all knew there would be a cull. 12 of us called into room one at a time, 3 not renewed.

    I was one of the lucky ones but only offered 3 months with a chance of a rate reduction. Government gig, been a good run, but all things must come to and end....
    You ain't seen me, right!

    #2
    Originally posted by dack View Post
    Contract renewal time and after 7 years (last 6 being 12 month renewals) we all knew there would be a cull. 12 of us called into room one at a time, 3 not renewed.

    I was one of the lucky ones but only offered 3 months with a chance of a rate reduction. Government gig, been a good run, but all things must come to and end....
    14 posts in 7 years. Shame on you!
    The Mods stole my post count!

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      #3
      Originally posted by dack View Post
      Contract renewal time and after 7 years (last 6 being 12 month renewals) we all knew there would be a cull. 12 of us called into room one at a time, 3 not renewed.

      I was one of the lucky ones but only offered 3 months with a chance of a rate reduction. Government gig, been a good run, but all things must come to and end....
      YOu must have built up one hell of a war chest after 7 years though; perhaps time for a long holiday?
      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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        #4
        Originally posted by dack View Post
        Contract renewal time and after 7 years (last 6 being 12 month renewals) we all knew there would be a cull. 12 of us called into room one at a time, 3 not renewed.

        I was one of the lucky ones but only offered 3 months with a chance of a rate reduction. Government gig, been a good run, but all things must come to and end....

        Now that really does show the state of the economy once our spendthrift HMG start cutting back on spending.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
          YOu must have built up one hell of a war chest after 7 years though; perhaps time for a long holiday?
          Huge war chest, but wife and two kids found, opened it and spent it.
          You ain't seen me, right!

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            #6
            Gosh facing the ice-cold river of Contracting after the warming bath of disguised permiedom...

            Brace yourself....
            "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
            - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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              #7
              Originally posted by Pickle2 View Post
              14 posts in 7 years. Shame on you!
              Gotta be No 1. lurker on the site.
              You ain't seen me, right!

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                #8
                Originally posted by dack View Post
                Huge war chest, but wife and two kids found, opened it and spent it.
                Sounds familiar
                "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


                Thomas Jefferson

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by dack View Post
                  Huge war chest, but wife and two kids found, opened it , pinched it and spent it.
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by cojak View Post
                    Gosh facing the ice-cold river of Contracting after the warming bath of disguised permiedom...

                    Brace yourself....
                    Some uncharitable people might say "undisguised"

                    But not me............

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