I'm pursuing work possibilities in London. Haven't worked in UK for about 8 years so a pointer or two please.
The place where I currently work on the continent has excellent heavily subsidised restaurants, practically free brand new gym in the same building and a few other well discounted things. One needs to keep toned and I've heard how pricey and busy and stinky London gyms are. There is no distinction between perm and consultant and contractor to use these facilities here. No 'them' and 'us'. Of course we slag off the perms but the business treats us the same in this respect.
Can I expect that in the City ? Specifically CSFB / BNP Paribas / Goldman Sachs ?
I think any kind of barriers would be counter-productive to building a team .... but that's not going to stop some petty-minded loser manager / director putting his foot down to piss off the non-perms.
Long time ago I did a short stint at a law outfit Ashurst Morris Crisp in Liverpool St and we weren't even supposed to enjoy the slightly discounted but highly convenient little tuck-shop. The IT manager thought openly putting down contract staff would be a good team-building, morale booster for his crappy perm group. Yeah ... like that worked for about 1 week. Doh !
Angela
Note to pimps: bit too late for you to get in on these names or I wouldn't name them ;-)
The place where I currently work on the continent has excellent heavily subsidised restaurants, practically free brand new gym in the same building and a few other well discounted things. One needs to keep toned and I've heard how pricey and busy and stinky London gyms are. There is no distinction between perm and consultant and contractor to use these facilities here. No 'them' and 'us'. Of course we slag off the perms but the business treats us the same in this respect.
Can I expect that in the City ? Specifically CSFB / BNP Paribas / Goldman Sachs ?
I think any kind of barriers would be counter-productive to building a team .... but that's not going to stop some petty-minded loser manager / director putting his foot down to piss off the non-perms.
Long time ago I did a short stint at a law outfit Ashurst Morris Crisp in Liverpool St and we weren't even supposed to enjoy the slightly discounted but highly convenient little tuck-shop. The IT manager thought openly putting down contract staff would be a good team-building, morale booster for his crappy perm group. Yeah ... like that worked for about 1 week. Doh !
Angela
Note to pimps: bit too late for you to get in on these names or I wouldn't name them ;-)
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