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I've never really thought it was tbh.

I think it's more symptomatic of parts of society (the business world in general, but more concerningly the parts of the public sector where the divide between public and private has blurred somewhat) with an inability to come up with reasonable value judgements.


I feel the same way about management consultants; total parasites that need to be eradicated entirely from government and the public sector, and taken with much greater pinches of salt by the private sector.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Bob - yes, I accept that this is historically

> true. But where I work (one of the big banks), new

> traders are recruited into the industry through

> graduate programs. There are oxbridge graduates

> amongst them, but also plenty of other

> universities.

>

> I hasten to add that I have a very lowly job

> within this company. But I can accept that there

> are others who are more talented than me, or who

> are very driven to succeed.


i suppose some has to do the cleaning.;-)

A friend sent me some key excerpts from that book. The author has certainly done his research hee hee. I think we're all based on each other.


It's just a bit of fun really (apart from the bad bits, where, say you get 10 pitches in a row turned down so don't earn anything for a year). Anyone who takes doing such things as music for commercials and telly music seriously and considers themselves to be some sort of a proppa composer needs to see a doctor.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> It's also worth remembering that those affected by

> 'Guardian-type hysteria' are less likely to spend

> the evening looking for 'foreigners' so they can

> kick the living daylights out of them for 'taking

> our homes, jobs, women etc'.

>

> One thing I do know: I have no envy of anyone who

> works in the financial sector.

>

> If someone wants to get up while it's still dark,

> put a cheap suit on, spend two hours a day on

> public transport with their nose pressed up

> against someone's armpit, spend ten hours reading

> the FT and looking at bar-charts whilst praying

> for 6pm to come - only to be press-ganged into

> awkward drinks with dick-swinging braying idiots

> they have nothing in common with other than where

> the payslips come from.. then more power to them.

>

> It's not for me.


you know bob that hits the nail on the head for me.im a guardian reading public sector worker, im a full time employee, i work 37.5 hrs weekly and have through choice set myself up to work 3 12 hr shifts per week ie 8-8 any 3 days mon-fri, i stroll up the hill or over to the rye and hop on the train to bromley where i peruse my copy of the guardian and laugh at the commuters on the packed trains going the opposite direction to me. i amble into work and at 8pm i amble out and head back home. i earn a decent wage,nice roof over my head,nice food,holidays,clothes for the kids,a few scoops when i fancy. i take the kids to school pick them up,do a bit of housework,watch bargain hunt,infact do whatever takes my fancy. i maynot not be a driven high flyer, i,ll never earn a 6 figure sum but i sure am happy.

Good for you Spadetownboy.


I'm sure many people would prefer to trade-in their working lives for something else. Alas, it takes more bottle to get off the treadmill once you've been on it and have become used to associated perks (such as a regular income). Respec' to anyone who does it. (Not me.. I've never 'had a job' so there was nothing to shi* myself about giving-up!)


I know some people see life at the office as a welcome buffer between TheMissus and TheKids, but hanging around the house with 'em all day long suits me just fine.

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