RIP Edward Woodward
Vince M Hudd
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Steve Brooks
"Vince M Hudd" wrote
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Galen will be sad.
How's work Vince? Are your customers still in business?
I only ask because we are recruiting a new database manager (to fill my old
post) and we've had several applications from freelancers who clearly want
to come in from the cold.
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steveski
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The late equaliser . . . IGMC
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Vince M Hudd
> "Vince M Hudd" wrote
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8362367.stm
> Galen will be sad.
> How's work Vince?
Work's cool at the moment. I dropped a lousy payer near the start of this
year and, rather than look for more work to replace it, I just moved the
rest of my work around to give myself a more relaxed working week (and at
least one Friday off each month). There's enough flexibility there that if
something regular comes my way, I can squeeze it in at the cost of things
not being so relaxed, but I'm not going out there and deliberately looking
for anything.
Better, I think, to keep things as they are and only shift things around
when necessary for any adhoc work that might come my way. I more or less
stopped doing any adhoc at one point because I was too busy with regular
stuff. (Which for a regular income is obviously good - but I enjoy adhoc
stuff).
> Are your customers still in business?
Unsurprisingly, they've all seen things get a bit tight this year, to one
degree or another, but all of them seem to be pulling through it. One in
particular I honestly thought would go down the pan, but even they've
somehow managed to pull through the worst of it. Another has had issues with
their accounts - which I don't actually do for them. They had me take a
look, and I found the problem and devised a solution - to do with how they
were trying, and failing, to get an accurate figure for work in progress.
Without my solution, their accounts made them look like they were in serious
trouble, but they weren't.
> I only ask because we are recruiting a new database manager (to fill my
> old post) and we've had several applications from freelancers who clearly
> want to come in from the cold.
It's very cold out there at the moment for anyone struggling for work. I
guess I'm lucky because I have a group of customers, instead of working
exclusively for one (which was the case for most of the latter half of the
90s, until I had a falling out with them). If I lose one, it's a drop in
income, but not the end of the world.
Mind you, the nature of the work helps, too. Because (most of) what I do is
accounts work, I'm _fairly_ safe: even if a company is struggling and laying
off staff, it *still* has to keep accurate records. Excuse me while I swell
my head for this next sentence: And anyone who has had me work for
them knows they're onto a good thing with me - especially at my rates.
Case in point: I have heard the bad payer mentioned above, shall we say,
"express regrets" about the work done by my replacement compared to what I
did when I was there. Oh well, too bad. :)
(Yes, I am actually in contact with him through someone else, and we are on
good terms, in spite of everything. But I won't work for his company again,
oh no!)
Steve Brooks
"Vince M Hudd" wrote
> "Steve Brooks" wrote:
>> "Vince M Hudd" wrote
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>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8362367.stm
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>> Galen will be sad.
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>> How's work Vince?
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> Work's cool at the moment.
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That's all good news. Nice to know other a.b5.uk are surviving.
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SB