Paperwork

Yesterday, I spent my day with paper work. I wonder to what level the unemployment rate would rise in France if there weren't all these papers and documents to send out and to class and to organize.

The mass of documents is unbelievable!

I am working with some sociétés de portage, an organisation which employs me and does my invoicing! Here in France, they say that by these means you reduce paper work. To be true, I have some doubts about it!

Each time, I contact my société they ask me for new papers. Yesterday, at the end of the day, I felt near the cash I earned, yes, I had the feeling that I could nearly touch it!

But then the man of the société de portage said to me: "After sending out the contract to the client in double wich we valided last month, you now need the rapport d'acitivé which has to be signed by the client in double. Then he sends it to you, you send it to us and when we receive it before the end of the month, we will valid it which takes about one week. After that you can declare your depenses and your activié. Then you do your monthly declaration and you demand a bulletin for the salary. And if you have done this by the 10th of the month, we will do your bulletin at the end of the month and you receive your money the following month by bank transfer which takes about ten days."

I swam a bit and drowned then in a paper pool!

After, I smoked a cigarette, took a deep breath and then looked for a new société de portage perhaps more adapted to my profession. And I found her!

Everything seems to be easier with them; even Paypal is possible!

Ah, look, I just got an email from them. Yes, what is it? I open my mail in a relaxed way. And then the man says: "Now you need a paper which states that the translation agency does not pay VAT. It must be an official document and also, we need..."

Brazil!