Christine Birtley-Kent: On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:23:06 +1000, you are alleged to have= written: >Re management companies, I think their knowledge base and= service skills >vary quite considerably between companies. I took a contract on= the gold >coast that required insurance I did not have. I started with= one management >company who got very confused when I insisted that all I wanted= was the >insurance and nothing else. They insisted in turn that it could= not be >done. I switched to another company who were superb - they= sorted out weeks >of accumulated mess and got money to me within a couple of days.= I have >decided that, for my next contract, I will experiment with the= 'total deal' >with this company as I am so fed up with company administrivia. = ERISA - are >you getting the $400.00 living away from home allowance? > Wanna tell us who the good one was ? It all helps along the= way... -Peter G. Martin, Technical writer, Proxima Technology ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************