Double-you-tee-eff

[gothikmaus]

I can't believe it: I've just got a call from a consultancy agency I used to work with 3 years ago (according to the scheme "my agency sent me to another agency, which sent me to another agency, which sent me to the final customer"). They told me they have a project starting mid-July and ending maybe in October, maybe in December, and asked me if I

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[angrylogic]

Freelance is heeeeeeeeeeeeell. I honestly don't know how people can make a living out of doing it. The money is so unreliable, you can never go "Okay, I have enough for this months rent/bills/blah".

[gothikmaus]

You can make a lot of money with freelance jobs, but they're kinda high-risk. And I definitely don't trust that agency.

[gothikmaus]

Yep, 90 days is the standard. When I worked as a consultant, I was regularly hired by an agency and they paid me every month, but they got the money from their customers after 90 days. And sometimes the customer didn't even pay, even if they had a contract. It happened more than once in the past and also recently: an ex-colleague of mine worked from October till May for the Italian Railways and the Italian Railways still hasn't paid. There was another agency between my old agency and the Railways and luckily it's a big American agency, so they have a chance of getting the money, otherwise my ex-boss would never see his money, because his agency is very small. And I was lucky because I always got paid monthly even in such circumstances, some agencies just said "Well, the customer didn't pay us, we're not gonna pay our employees."

In Italy working for big companies like Railways, Posts and everything that used to be "public" (as in, owned my the State) is a big risk, because they always try to screw you. And since they're so big, they

[gothikmaus]

No, no, if you are employed by a big company, you're safe. What I meant is: if you're a small company and have a contract with a big one for something (like, you sell them raw materials, you paint their offices etc.), there's a high risk of never getting paid.

Italians are too lazy to start a revolution. I was talking about that to my mother the other day and told her: "A revolution in Italy could only happen if the government decided to suppress football, that's the only thing Italians really care about." :P

[schwimmerin]

Ugh, stupid jobs :(

I really like Baustelle! I watched some half-hour long interview with them and didn't understand everything, but oh well, haha.

I'm seeing Gogol Bordello on Sunday! Wheeeee! :D

[gothikmaus]

I knew job-hunting would be tough, what I really wasn't expecting was that phone call. What the hell.

I like Baustelle's music, but the singer is such a snobbish know-it-all. Is the interview you watched still online? Or did you watch it when you were in Italy?

Have fun at the concert tomorrow! :D

[schwimmerin]

http://tv.repubblica.it/rubriche/xl-presenta/i-mistici-dell-occidente/44536?video

I'm really looking forward to the concert. Four meh bands, four great bands - and I hear Gogol Bordello live are just out of this world, so it should be good times :)

[schonste]

Job hunting is so shitty man. :( I'm with you there.

[gothikmaus]

We'll find something. We will.

[killer_ameise]

Gogol Bordello are awesome, enjoy them!

Other than that... sorry to hear the job-hunting is not very successful. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Oh, and btw, you're missed in Berlin! ;)

[gothikmaus]

Oh, I miss Berlin too. =/