That must be where the saying "are you taking the piss?" comes from?
TGIF On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Grant Molloy <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a theory floating around in the Local Govt in which I work that > somewhere in the building there is a fountain of piss. > Some people take cups to the fountain, some take buckets.. Unfortunately > there are also those who take over sized wheely bins !! > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM, DotNet Dude <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I guess it all depends on the organisation. I am sure there are good >> projects and hard working permies in the govt.. i just haven't seen >> any in my experience. :p >> >> >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Liam McLennan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > That is a great summary. Clearly, the trick is to be the boss of the >> > permanent body shop. >> > >> > In Brisbane there is currently very few new contracts, and a relatively >> > strong permanent market. The advantage of being a government contractor >> > is >> > that you don't get stuck in one dysfunctional government department, you >> > get >> > to move around many of them. The disadvantage is that you miss out on >> > the >> > most fun work. Employers doa lot of permanent not invest in contractors >> > so >> > you don't get paid training and you don't get to work on serious >> > research >> > since there is no value in building deep skills in a contractor who will >> > only be around for a few months. Of course, there is not much (any?) >> > interesting work going on in the government anyway. >> > >> > I like to build products for small businesses and startups. It's risky, >> > I >> > don't always get paid, working conditions are often appalling, but the >> > work >> > is fun. >> > >> > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Rob von Nesselrode >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> There is something worse than being a contractor, or being a permanent: >> >> >> >> It's the dreaded limited term permanent - all the exciting benefits of >> >> a >> >> permanent post without the hassles of having to stay more than say 6 >> >> months. >> >> Haven't seen too many of these since the market tightened up in the >> >> last 3 >> >> months or so. >> >> >> >> Or the permanent in a body shop farmed out as a contractor so that your >> >> boss gets to do the death leap off the wallet instead of you. >> >> >> >> I'm enjoying the job satisfaction in my new permanent. Not too many >> >> people, no BA, no PM's, no Architects, no DBA's no coffee machine. >> >> Hmmm. >> >> That's serious. >> >> >> >> Rob >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> On Behalf Of noonie >> >> Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 19:10 >> >> To: ozDotNet >> >> Subject: Re: Govt .net jobs? >> >> >> >> It's almost Friday, >> >> >> >> Did you hear about the contractor who committed suicide? >> >> >> >> He climbed up on his wallet and threw himself to his death. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> (mobile) noonie >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Liam McLennan. >> > >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.eclipsewebsolutions.com.au >> > > >
