Depends on the profression and the job. I have been a contractor where I was part of the team and treated just like everyone else. I have been a contractor brought in to do a specific task and left in a corner. On my current project our contractors are regular members of the team. Some of them are in leadership positions. Varies from shop to shop and person to person. I know contractors who have kep their jobs during project cut backs and employees were let go. Work is work is work. Just because you work as a contractor right now does not mean you will be better or worse than an employee. Its the person. The biggest problem I have run in with contracting is when you are a contractor at a US government facility. Salaries for contractors are much higher than government bureacrats and many of them don't like it.... I don't know if that is the same in other countries. -------------- Original message -------------- > > Not wishing to drag this way off topic.... > > In all seriousness is this the general perception of contractors > across the globe? That we are a tolerated resource but ideally the world > might be a better place without us. As a contractor in the UK, maybe I've > been lucky but I haven't run into that many fly-by-night cowboys, obviously > one or two that think they know all and shout louder to cover their obvious > lack of knowledge. Personally I feel it's a requirement for me, as a > contractor, to always document everything, always do the best you can and > always listen to what is required, offering my opinion, not what I consider > to be a "fact". At the end of the day, if the employer is not happy, I am > out on the street at the end of the month looking for new work, if don't > pull my weight. > > Just idle curiosity on a Friday afternoon... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Dunbar [mailto:norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 27 Oct 2005 7:55 > To: cmarquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx; > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Is this Needed? > > > > Morning Chris, > > > > >> ..can you say "responsibility" and "consultant" in the same > sentence? ;o) > > > I'm a contractor, I take full responsibility for all my actions. > > How's that ? > > > Cheers, > Norman. > > > > Norman Dunbar. > Contract Oracle DBA. > Rivers House, Leeds. > > Internal : 7 28 2051 > External : 0113 231 2051 > > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. > > We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should > still check any attachment before opening it. > > We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to > under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. > Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency > address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, > for business purposes. > > If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our terms > and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out > more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > **************************************************************************** > This message contains confidential information and is intended only > for the individual or entity named. If you are not the named addressee > you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received > this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free > as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not > accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this > message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. > If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. > This message is provided for informational purposes and should not > be construed as an invitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or > related financial instruments. > GAM operates in many jurisdictions and is > regulated or licensed in those jurisdictions as required. > **************************************************************************** > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > >