So these management consultancies...
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Olf said:
The won't pay for his overnight accommodation on the Sunday night or the Friday night so he has to drive up early Monday morning and come back Friday night in his own time. From what he's saying I guess he's doing a 70 hour week almost every week.
is he either:
a/ a sop?
b/ a liar?
The promise of big things in the future ? He may well be a SOP. Burn out is the future. I assume he's getting paid travel expences at 40p a mile ? He should find a cheap B&B locally (or in summer take a tent) and spend 3 nights paying it himself and claiming expences for the travelling he did not do - There is profit in it if he's single. is he either:
a/ a sop?
b/ a liar?
Then he should always turn up late on Monday - Pissing off the clients but hey he was in a traffic jam on the M1 for 6 hours. Then occasionally he should book into the normal hotel for a Sunday night and Claim the expences. Then he should stay late on Friday (to meet some deadline) and book into a hotel and charge it.
He should also arrange to book out of hotel on say a Wednesday night (he can make he own arrangements) because he has to 'attend to some family problem' that evening. And he should book into the cheap B&B and claim the mileage.
I worked in a Consultancy some years back and some of the expences scams were bad, but they will have a printed policy document and it's up to him to find the loop holes - mine was the £15 none receipted miscillaneous exes per day when overseas.
One girl was doing a 9 month project in Cornwall. She stayed in a nice hotel 6 nights a week and claimed return mileage back to Brum Saturday morning sunday night, but may have just booked into a campsite and gone surfing. One guy rented a house, but actually claimed daily traveling expences to Glousester for a year. 2 guys aways missed a connecting flight on a friday night in New York and always had to stay the weekend.
I'd guess the guy is being used as cannon fodder.
This is my favorite thread of all time for two reasons.
1)The worst thing in the world has happened to Olf.
2)Olf is one of my favorite funny posters but now I know that at weekend he dresses as an Orc and pillowfights with children who are in Wizard Robes or something.
This will haunt you for ever Olfie.
Olf said:
But he doesn't earn 'amazing' money. It's good but not amazing. His hourly rate must suck.
My mate started at one of the big four consultancies doing silly hours and then got headhunted by her own client, BT. Now age 32 she's on the board. If you're good the sky's the limit but you won't half work hard for it.
E36GUY said:
Olf said:
But he doesn't earn 'amazing' money. It's good but not amazing. His hourly rate must suck.
My mate started at one of the big four consultancies doing silly hours and then got headhunted by her own client, BT. Now age 32 she's on the board. If you're good the sky's the limit but you won't half work hard for it.
As far as I am concerned Olf does this all the time.
He even dresses as little red riding hood to drive down to the supermarket.
When he gets home he slips into his tree costume (the one with the b
ks out out so he can also dress his c0ck as a squirrel which seems like it is coming out of the tree)
Then off up to bed where he can only perform if his wife dresses up as a goblin and spanks him with her uniqe war axe until his cowardly-lion (form the wizard of oz) outfit is cut to ribbons.
I see no other alternative
He even dresses as little red riding hood to drive down to the supermarket.
When he gets home he slips into his tree costume (the one with the b
ks out out so he can also dress his c0ck as a squirrel which seems like it is coming out of the tree)Then off up to bed where he can only perform if his wife dresses up as a goblin and spanks him with her uniqe war axe until his cowardly-lion (form the wizard of oz) outfit is cut to ribbons.
I see no other alternative
blindswelledrat said:
As far as I am concerned Olf does this all the time.
He even dresses as little red riding hood to drive down to the supermarket.
When he gets home he slips into his tree costume (the one with the bks out out so he can also dress his c0ck as a squirrel which seems like it is coming out of the tree)
Then off up to bed where he can only perform if his wife dresses up as a goblin and spanks him with her uniqe war axe until his cowardly-lion (form the wizard of oz) outfit is cut to ribbons.
I see no other alternative
He even dresses as little red riding hood to drive down to the supermarket.
When he gets home he slips into his tree costume (the one with the b
ks out out so he can also dress his c0ck as a squirrel which seems like it is coming out of the tree)Then off up to bed where he can only perform if his wife dresses up as a goblin and spanks him with her uniqe war axe until his cowardly-lion (form the wizard of oz) outfit is cut to ribbons.
I see no other alternative
Somethings telling em you're enjoying this...
BUT, my friend - if you don't start refering to me by my full title... Mr Tumnus... you'll learn hell hath no fury like a faun spurned.
blindswelledrat said:
My apologies Mr Tumnus, but yes I am experiencing Shadenfreude at its most potent.
Please don't take offense, it would be the same if this happened to absolutely anyone.
I am so happy.
Hope it works out alright with your mate, could happen to any of us
As for my friend. He is my best man and god-father to my daughter so sounds like we ned to go to relate to get back on an even keel because he's a very important chap. He just needs a good kicking which I may just make a special trip up north to deliver.
Olf said:
blindswelledrat said:
My apologies Mr Tumnus, but yes I am experiencing Shadenfreude at its most potent.
Please don't take offense, it would be the same if this happened to absolutely anyone.
I am so happy.
Hope it works out alright with your mate, could happen to any of us
As for my friend. He is my best man and god-father to my daughter so sounds like we ned to go to relate to get back on an even keel because he's a very important chap. He just needs a good kicking which I may just make a special trip up north to deliver.
HRG said:
Olf said:
blindswelledrat said:
My apologies Mr Tumnus, but yes I am experiencing Shadenfreude at its most potent.
Please don't take offense, it would be the same if this happened to absolutely anyone.
I am so happy.
Hope it works out alright with your mate, could happen to any of us
As for my friend. He is my best man and god-father to my daughter so sounds like we ned to go to relate to get back on an even keel because he's a very important chap. He just needs a good kicking which I may just make a special trip up north to deliver.
"Man kicked to death by 6ft squirrel"
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