28th December 2010, 04:01 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:Raises the question of how new operations can raise enough cash to bankroll large jobs, I believe one outfit I was working for in the 90s was having to get around this by the partners occasionally having to take out loans against their houses! I assume council-run units don't have this small inconvenience, and the managers perhaps have a less intense personal interest in things running smoothly? :face-stir:
I too worked for a company where the partners were using their homes as security.....risky then And I would guess riskier now.
That said I have worked for a local authority unit where due to the timing of projects, qualification periods and the dates the authority payroll had to be entered into the system, short contract staff ended up not being paid for nearly 2 months and I, off my own back, provided some diggers with 'subs' to see them through what otherwise would have been a very lean time. So it's not always rosy on the inside of the greenhouse looking out (where also by the way we try and avoid throwing stones!!)....
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