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“Fuck me Drunk”

Life is full of change the best thing you can do is learn to adapt to the change in circumstance as quickly as possible

The only “constant” is that “everything changes” [Taoist saying]

Last Thursday I found out that my contract to Rail has come under review and I may well lose it to a competitor

I’ll know better the middle of next week I’m guessing

So as a contractor I have no come back, If I were an employee I could argue that the money Ive saved them over the last three years compared to the last repairers work can be measured in the hundreds of thousands of dollars over the period I’ve been doing the work

Nor can I argue that my repairs being of a standard that there has been less “down time” per wagon and that this year was the first year in the last four years that there has been no wagons off track as the repairs I’ve been performing are done in such a way that the wagons no longer sustain the damage that has been re-occurring in the same areas of impact

bottom line is the almighty “Dollar”

I do a better job, but accordingly I’m a little more expensive [you get what you pay for] than the competiton

The IRONY of the situation is the cotractor they are now offering the work to is the same cotractor  that  Rail originaly “head hunted” my business to take over from

His repairs were substandard his turn around times were too long and he billed for work he had not completed were the reasons given to me at the time

Rail saw that the problem was the business and went around him and paid more for my services knowing they were getting a better deal in the long run

NOW that I’ve got it all up and running like clock-work Rail find me too expencive and will get this other business to “COPY” my repairs and do it cheaper

as I said being a contractor I hav’nt a leg to stand on and now must find other work or go onto the dole

No holiday pay, No redundancy, No reference, not even acknowledgement of my work as a way of recomendation to another contract

So being self employed is Good when everything “flows” but when the “Shit interfaces with the air conditioning” you better duck

What gets me the most is that Rail havn’t approached me in order to see if we can bring my costs down or change the billing system or whatever. The bastards just get the other contractor to start quoting the work

I’ll know more as to whats happening tommorrow

To say i’m gutted is an understatement, I’m also insulted by the lack of “respect” shown by not approaching me with the problem before seeking another contractor

So Life go’s on and I’ll have to adapt as quick as possible

Hopefully theres work out there for a “crusty old biker”

I’ll take “Motto Beasty” out this afternoon and see if I can have a bit of stress releif

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