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In reply to the discussion: Read this story and see if you can figure out why this friend of mine was fired [View all]rufus dog
(8,419 posts)11. Could be any of the responses above
That being said, why the hell didn't your friend call the boss before driving back?
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Read this story and see if you can figure out why this friend of mine was fired [View all]
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
OP
If that were the case, the boss should have made that crystal clear to the men. Do not
teddy51
Jun 2012
#10
Boss hired them out for 2 weeks and expected to be paid, then pay them. They undercut his bid.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#8
In addition to answers above they blew away the estimate to the client showing the contractor had
dkf
Jun 2012
#15
So the cost of material was probably being weighed in with the labor cost for 2 weeks? Oh..
The Wielding Truth
Jun 2012
#27
Just how long have you lived in Amercia? Efficient quality are nothing but buzzwords used
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#41
we used to quote time and materials not to exceed X number of hours (programming).
dionysus
Jun 2012
#50