Contractors, Self Employed nice cars? You earn far too much!
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Am I the only person to get this at work? I am a self employed contractor and work within a blue chip organisation along side of people who are employed by this company. There are some nice car's in the car park but when people realize my car is mine they always come out with "you are paid far too much" or my manager will come out with stuff like "you don't need a rate increase this year do you".
I mean WTF? Why this negativity? A colleague has a £9,000 BMW 645ci Convertible in Black (2004, 125k miles)- he really looks after it (clay bar, polish etc) so it looks amazing and has nice wheels etc and we were laughing a lot this lunchtime when he told me he get's the same s
t day in day out from colleagues. An old lady just bought a Fiesta which is worth more than his BMW and she hates him for having that car 
How do you deal with idiots like these?
I mean WTF? Why this negativity? A colleague has a £9,000 BMW 645ci Convertible in Black (2004, 125k miles)- he really looks after it (clay bar, polish etc) so it looks amazing and has nice wheels etc and we were laughing a lot this lunchtime when he told me he get's the same s
t day in day out from colleagues. An old lady just bought a Fiesta which is worth more than his BMW and she hates him for having that car How do you deal with idiots like these?
This thread is getting very interesting - thanks for those who responded! It seems as though this is common in the UK then? I have friends who contract out in the USA and they tell me they have never faced this type of comment from anyone at work - so is this a very British thing then? Negativity towards others doing well for themselves..........hmm 
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