This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023.
If you've ever held back on a notice or a variation because you didn't want to "rock the boat," read this.
The subs who get taken advantage of are the quiet ones. The ones who absorb the hits, mitigate the delays, and never tell anyone.
Lovely humans. Terrible business owners.
You've got to tell everyone. Every delay. Every variation. Every notice. That's not being difficult. That's the job.
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Timestamps:
(4:17) - If you want to be seen as professional and you want to be respected and have a good reputation, you don't get that from rolling over and doing what you're told nonstop
(9:59) - If you're contractual, you will be more profitable
(15:37) - Being contractual in inverted commas for the listener is not something that you shouldn't do. It's something that you should do because it completely and utterly protects you
(16:04) - No main contractor is going to come to you and start attacking you for being contractual if you're delivering on your promises
(20:04) - It's better to get a bad document in than waiting to get a perfect document because you can always revise about documents
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