Tricky Situation..but I am happy to be in.!! Any advice highly appreciated...

[mattfx]

thanks..

I talked to a colleague of mine who is in similar situation (waiting for SC in the same project/client/agency). He also took another temp role and planned to leave that once SC is done - exactly same strategy as me.

So I believe we both are helping clients desperately looking for resources and helping projects.

BTW my contract-2 got 2 weeks notice only so all looks ideal.

If a client hired me for a three month forklift infrastructure upgrade, I got two weeks in (pretty much the time it takes to onboard you and familiarise yourself with their infra) and I then handed in my notice, that wouldn't be helpful in the slightest! All doing that does is delay your clients project while you have a couple of easy weeks at a desk learning the specifics of the environment you're in.

Contracting is tough! Whilst you were on the bench you should've been doing what I said earlier; greasing up your contacts, working your LinkedIn profile, hell - go and do some voluntary work! You never know who you may meet as a result of doing things like that.

I've been in a situation where i've been between jobs (not gigs, this was back in permie land) and to cover off some of my shortfall I went and worked on a building site for a few weeks. If you're that desperate for the money, there are better ways to make up the shortfall than shafting clients in our industry.

Oh and one more thing - people with no ethics like you give the rest of us a bad name; if you have a client who doesn't use contractors that often and you screw them over, they are far less likely to consider using a contractor again because they got burnt the first time. So well done - your tulip approach to business doesn't just effect you, but all of us to some extent.

[northernladyuk]

If a client hired me for a three month forklift infrastructure upgrade, I got two weeks in (pretty much the time it takes to onboard you and familiarise yourself with their infra) and I then handed in my notice, that wouldn't be helpful in the slightest! All doing that does is delay your clients project while you have a couple of easy weeks at a desk learning the specifics of the environment you're in.

Contracting is tough! Whilst you were on the bench you should've been doing what I said earlier; greasing up your contacts, working your LinkedIn profile, hell - go and do some voluntary work! You never know who you may meet as a result of doing things like that.

I've been in a situation where i've been between jobs (not gigs, this was back in permie land) and to cover off some of my shortfall I went and worked on a building site for a few weeks. If you're that desperate for the money, there are better ways to make up the shortfall than shafting clients in our industry.

Oh and one more thing - people with no ethics like you give the rest of us a bad name; if you have a client who doesn't use contractors that often and you screw them over, they are far less likely to consider using a contractor again because they got burnt the first time. So well done - your tulip approach to business doesn't just effect you, but all of us to some extent.

Or you take the contract that is immediately available and stick with it if you can't take the risk of waiting. Having said that, it's not my discipline so maybe a hotshot manager of testers can lick things into shape pretty rapidly and leave a legacy after a short crisp engagement:

Day 1
- BAM! Found the car park - change at the ready.

[fullyautomatix]

If you have already signed contract 1, are you not reneging on that commitment ? Should you not have thought about the consequences when you signed the contract ?

[mattfx]

Day 1
- BAM! Found the car park - change at the ready.

Nope - Instafail - you forgot the envelope to put it in.

[northernladyuk]

Nope - Instafail - you forgot the envelope to put it in.

All set up the night before! BAM!

[northernladuk]

If you have already signed contract 1, are you not reneging on that commitment ? Should you not have thought about the consequences when you signed the contract ?

He didn't even read the bloody contract so that would be a negatory good buddy.

[Darren_Test]

He didn't even read the bloody contract so that would be a negatory good buddy.

I am reading this one thoroughly before signing it.

Once bitten ....

[northernladyuk]

I am reading this one thoroughly before signing it.

Once bitten ....

Did they give you the pop-up version?

[rsingh]

I am reading this one thoroughly before signing it.

Once bitten ....

Bit late for that ...
You have two options. Option 1 or find a perm role.

[northernladuk]

I am reading this one thoroughly before signing it.

Once bitten ....

Are you getting it professionally reviewed?