Re: AS/400 job market

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The difference between consultants and contractors probably are more 
differences in expectations of the hourly charge than in work done?  Some 
companies need to spend big bucks so they hire consultants, some need a 
job done so they hire a contractor?

"A consultant, called into a company to find out why they were losing 
money, stopped one man and asked him what he did.  "Nothing," said the 
employee.

The expert turned to another man standing nearby and asked him what he 
did.  "Nothing," was his reply.

"Oh," said the consultant, "too much duplication."

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Booth Martin
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http://www.spy.net/~booth
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"Lori Hainey" <lhainey@hbs-inc.com>
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02/01/2000 09:47 AM
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Sounds to me like you had the WRONG consultants. Perhaps you should be a 
bit
more choosy in who you do business with.  And just for the record that 
does
not mean use a big 8 consulting firm - but rather a firm that cares about
their business reputation and operates with integrity.
----- Original Message -----
From: <DAsmussen@aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: AS/400 job market


> Booth,
>
> In a message dated 1/27/00 10:27:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> BoothM@goddard.edu writes:
>
> > This may be off-topic but are you suggesting these consultant's 
business
> >  practices were criminal, or were these people arrested for some other
non
> >  work-related act?  I am trying to imagine a scenario where a 
consultant
> >  would be arrested and just can't imagine it.
> <<snip>>
>
> Ha!  Yes, yes, and yes.  One was arrested for tax evasion, the second 
for
> funneling the profits of his business to a new account that did not
involve
> his partner, and a third for not paying child support while he boasted 
of
his
> material holdings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
> "Winners never quit, and quitters never win." -- Vince Lombardi
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