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Desktops rather than laptops. Lotus notes rather than outlook. And the clincher: union posters plastered on boards in communal areas. If it's a hat trick then just walk.Comment
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All the permies wanna connect on LinkedIn...Comment
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Originally posted by NibblyPig View Post- ...
- Receptionist's desk is not visible from yours
- Huge open plan office treating people like copy+paste resources
- Nescafe gold blend
- No phone reception
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Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostOpen-plan office in which two-thirds of the desks are empty, except for the occasional four-socket adapter and a few trailing Ethernet cables.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Client Co is solid, but took over with another company earlier this year.
What I didn't realise when I took the contract, I am working in the office of the company they took over.
This is following the usual trend. Take over goes through. BAU for about 6 months. Then heads begin to roll, just before Christmas.
So these bail-outs are trying to beat the Christmas rush.
So glad I'm a contractor, looking at some of these permies, I am not sure if they would remember to go to a new office, if they got a new job.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostOpen-plan office in which two-thirds of the desks are empty, except for the occasional four-socket adapter and a few trailing Ethernet cables.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View PostDesktops rather than laptops. Lotus notes rather than outlook. And the clincher: union posters plastered on boards in communal areas. If it's a hat trick then just walk."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostSounds like most Public Sector gigs Ive done. Usually two out of three. ATM I have Lotus Notes and union posters with one client, Desktops and union posters at another and no idea about the third cos I never go into their offices ( I got the gig after a quick chat and a coffee in a local Cafe Nero.)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.Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostAt a Nestlé site it was gold blend only. We used to go to a local café for coffee.Comment
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