That stigma is easily beaten back...you just say the following words: "Yeah, you're right...oh well... say..who's up for a game of "MONEY FIGHT!!!"..oh wait..you're out...i guess just us contractors will just have to play this one without you"..
If they are going to gripe may as well fuel it ;) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, David Boccabella < [email protected]> wrote: > Plus the stigma of being 'just a contractor' and 'wasting Gov Money' from > the permanents. Of course they never consider that contractors don't get > the > roster day off, public holidays, extra leave for anything, unions, leave > loading, extended holidays, super perks etc. > You are just seen as someone who is getting more per hour than them and > that's it. > > This is from someone who was working as a contractor in a Gov Department. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of DotNet Dude > Sent: Friday, 13 May 2011 4:52 PM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: Govt .net jobs? > > No perks as contractor other than the pay in my experience > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Winston Pang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hmmmm, so you're saying it's pretty crap to work for govt? lol > > > > What about all the perks? > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Rob von Nesselrode > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've met about 2 full time govt Employees. > >> > >> The whole floor in Bris at DET is full of contractors. Here today, take > the > >> money, gone tomorrow. > >> > >> Or in my case, gone yesterday to a fulltime job in the other world :-) > >> > >> R > >> > > >
