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   spongebrain, Mar 3rd, 2001 @ 2:06pm

   
   

   what do you mean by "consulting"?
   usually consultant make 50% more than the average employee doing the same job. You talk like its a bad thing
   

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   Mike (profile), Mar 5th, 2001 @ 1:14am

   
   

   Let me clarify... I'm sorry if you thought I implied it was a bad thing. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. In fact, I think it's a great thing for a lot of people. I just thought it was amusing to note that a lot of laid off people are suddenly becoming consultants.

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   Phillip, Mar 5th, 2001 @ 6:37pm

   
   

   Let me clarify... I'm sorry if you thought I implied it was a bad thing. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. In fact, I think it's a great thing for a lot of people. I just thought it was amusing to note that a lot of laid off people are suddenly becoming consultants.
   Or to clarify even further, I think Mike is amused that companies are laying off large numbers of people and blaming the current dot-com climate and then finding that the people they layed off are a little more key than they realised and are being forced to rehire them at exhorbitant contract rates (I've seen this happen a few times). Would this be fair to say Mike?
   Phillip.

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   Mike (profile), Mar 5th, 2001 @ 7:30pm

   
   

   Thanks for putting words in my mouth... :) That's part of what I meant. I've definitely seen that as well, which is especially amusing. I've also seen that such consultants work for a few months and then take some time off to relax since they've got the money for it.
   
   But, more to the point, what I meant originally was that it's amusing that in the past "contractors" or consultants tended to be experts in their field, whereas now it seems like every laid off employee is suddenly claiming they're an expert in their field and are starting up their own consulting business.

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