Contractor lifestyle

[DimPrawn]

Legendary CUK Contractor!

A decade ago, when £2000/day was a lot of money. When IT contractors REALLY did have Lambos. When a night out was a night out with royal family, or on some billionaires yachts.

God I miss those halcyon days...

[elsergiovolador]

A decade ago, when £2000/day was a lot of money. When IT contractors REALLY did have Lambos. When a night out was a night out with royal family, or on some billionaires yachts.

God I miss those halcyon days...

These days contractor lifestyle is sharing a bed in a dorm room with your colleague who is doing night shifts. You make £1000 a day, but between you and the client there is 10 intermediaries, each one taking their "doing nothing" fee and a cut for the taxman so you end up with £80 a day, but you have to spend £18 for transport, £8 loan for your laptop, £14 combined software licenses, £3 insurance, £12 dorm bed, that leaves you with £25. The £20 you sent your family back home and you end up with £5. Just enough for baked beans and going out once a month.

[GhostofTarbera]

Contractor lifestyle

These days contractor lifestyle is sharing a bed in a dorm room with your colleague who is doing night shifts. You make £1000 a day, but between you and the client there is 10 intermediaries, each one taking their "doing nothing" fee and a cut for the taxman so you end up with £80 a day, but you have to spend £18 for transport, £8 loan for your laptop, £14 combined software licenses, £3 insurance, £12 dorm bed, that leaves you with £25. The £20 you sent your family back home and you end up with £5. Just enough for baked beans and going out once a month.

Wow, beans you rich basturd, and a dorm bed !!!!! I live in a box under my clients desk, and eat leftover I find in the clients canteen

Boy I do remember my 911 turbo and my company racehorse with fond memories

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[AtW]

If it ain't 911 Turbo S it ain't worth sheet.

With PDK, obviously.

[Andy2]

Wow, beans you rich basturd, and a dorm bed !!!!! I live in a box under my clients desk, and eat leftover I find in the clients canteen

Boy I do remember my 911 turbo and my company racehorse with fond memories

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leftover ? you rich bastard. I live in a cardbord box under the bridge and hunting rats for food.

[ladymuck]

leftover ? you rich bastard. I live in a cardbord box under the bridge and hunting rats for food.

Cardboard box? You rich barstard.

I cover myself with damp newspapers and beg for tramps to piss on me to keep me warm on cold nights.

[Gibbon]

Cardboard box? You rich barstard.

I cover myself with damp newspapers and beg for tramps to piss on me to keep me warm on cold nights.

Where do I apply?

[AtW]

Where do I apply?

Under the Tower Bridge, ask for Troll

[edison]

Cardboard box? You rich barstard.

I cover myself with damp newspapers and beg for tramps to piss on me to keep me warm on cold nights.

You think you had it tough? I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of tramps piss, work twenty-nine hours a day at the Infosys data centre and pay Infosys for the privilege and when I got home, my Dad would slice me in two with a bread knife.

But we were happy in them days...

[AtW]

You won’t known what is tough until you hear Gricer’s story