The first contractor I met at work last century used to loudly discuss his next role with various agents during his present one. I'd hear his plummy tones booming across the office..
"NO NO THAT RATE IS FAR TOO LOW I HAVE A TVR TO SUPPORT BLAH BLAH"
He said he did that to strength his renewal position. I assumed the permies just thought he was a c*** but he didn't care about that.
Now I like to pretend to the permies I'm "one of the lads", and try and get accepted by buying rounds so I sneak out of the office to the rainy car park to talk with the pimps on my ghetto PAYG phone and feel guilty about it.
Is there a middle way between these too extremes of Contractor Scummieness and wussiness?
"NO NO THAT RATE IS FAR TOO LOW I HAVE A TVR TO SUPPORT BLAH BLAH"
He said he did that to strength his renewal position. I assumed the permies just thought he was a c*** but he didn't care about that.
Now I like to pretend to the permies I'm "one of the lads", and try and get accepted by buying rounds so I sneak out of the office to the rainy car park to talk with the pimps on my ghetto PAYG phone and feel guilty about it.
Is there a middle way between these too extremes of Contractor Scummieness and wussiness?
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