New contract, long commute, no work, doing my chunk

**SimonMac** · 11 July 2013, 13:16

Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

Same old same old....

Must admit log commutes aint my thing. Anything over an hour just does my chunk. I know this is a local trip for some of you in the south east...

Still find it difficult to sit there for days at the start of a contract doing next to nothing and then have a long drive home. Yeh its money for nothing but I still dont think I'll ever get used to it. I find it totally soul destroying....

Before NLUK jumps in - maybe I'm not cut out to be a contractor! ;-)

Hang on, haven't you only just started this gig?

Christ on a bike when Suity seems the air of professionalism!

**TheFaQQer** · 11 July 2013, 13:19

FFS

**northernladuk** · 11 July 2013, 13:21

Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

Before NLUK jumps in - maybe I'm not cut out to be a contractor! ;-)

It's not a maybe. You are not a contractor. Trying to act like one doesn't count.

**eek** · 11 July 2013, 13:23

Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

Hang on, haven't you only just started this gig?

Christ on a bike when Suity seems the air of professionalism!

It's either day 1 or day 2.

**northernladuk** · 11 July 2013, 13:24

Breath deep and take your own advice....

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...ml#post1726836

Happens all the time. Big companies waste money cos they've got a contractor on board but they aint set up for them or ready....

You can only do so much hassling until it gets annoying. Ask nicely but in the end you gotta go with the flow...

Work will come eventually......

**northernladuk** · 11 July 2013, 13:25

Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

Please neg the **** out of me

FTFY

**KentPhilip** · 11 July 2013, 13:39

Originally posted by psychocandy View Post

Same old same old....

doing next to nothing

How about spending your time investing in a nice avatar?
I do think a thread looks untidy when one or more posts lack an avatar (newer posters excepted).

**d000hg** · 11 July 2013, 13:39

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

It's not a maybe. You are not a contractor. Trying to act like one doesn't count.

Whinging seems to be a big part of being a contractor based on CUK...

If there's nothing to do, WFH.

**psychocandy** · 11 July 2013, 13:41

I must admit I do like whinging LOL !

New contract, long commute, no work, doing my chunk