Handed in my notice, asked to cut it short.

[SimonMac]

If you look in your contract there will probably be a clause that say's they can give you 0 days notice for any reason they damn well see fit, take the two days and start the new gig

[northernladuk]

You do realise you will get a tulip reference if you could not even see out a 6 week contract

Factor that into calculation before you jump ship next time

Who on earth gives clients as references?. Give the agents details. They will be too afraid of legal issues to say anything bad.

[BolshieBastard]

You do realise you will get a tulip reference if you could not even see out a 6 week contract

Factor that into calculation before you jump ship next time

You dont half chat some tulip!

What is the client going to say in this tulip reference? The contractor didnt do a good job? The contractor let us down badly by upping and leaving with no notice?

You might try and do this seeing as you frequently give the impression you are in a position to hire and fire but misrepresent the facts and you'll get more than a rap on the knuckles.

[SimonMac]

You do realise you will get a tulip reference if you could not even see out a 6 week contract

Factor that into calculation before you jump ship next time

You would be surprised what a reference is theses day, it will be nothing more than a "Contractor XYZ was employed as an ABC during the period 123"

[TheFaQQer]

You would be surprised what a reference is theses day, it will be nothing more than a "Contractor XYZ was employed as an ABC during the period 123"

I had to complete a reference for someone on one project and it was slightly more complicated than that.

Q1) What dates did the contractor work for / with you?

Q2) Would you work with / engage the contractor again?

No scope to give a reason for yes or no, but there was a space to effectively give a negative reference if you wanted / needed to.

[tarbera]

You would be surprised what a reference is theses day, it will be nothing more than a "Contractor XYZ was employed as an ABC during the period 123"

Mostly yes

You might be surprised at how small the world is, especially if niche skills or same town or type of business


Many years ago a contractor working with me in the whisky industry at allied Dom, jumped ship at critical part of project for £10 a day more, I'm still in touch with both him and boss at the time, the boss refers to him as the 'turncoat' and has been asked for an informal reference many times from others within the industry about him. but we won't be replying to them in writing !!

[tarbera]

I had to complete a reference for someone on one project and it was slightly more complicated than that.

Q1) What dates did the contractor work for / with you?

Q2) Would you work with / engage the contractor again?

No scope to give a reason for yes or no, but there was a space to effectively give a negative reference if you wanted / needed to.

In applying for new roles in lloyds you must always give your last line managers name, this is given to new hiring manager, he can IM or give him a quick call for a low down

[oliverson]

You do realise you will get a tulip reference if you could not even see out a 6 week contract

Factor that into calculation before you jump ship next time

I wouldn't even put that on my profile.

[C1982]

I wouldn't even put that on my profile.

It's not going on my CV. Its not a role I was particularly eager to take but did because it's money and it's almost Christmas.
I'm not sure what a "tulip reference" is (I'm still new here/to contracting) but I assume it's a black mark against my name. If that's the case, I'll take it on the chin and move on. I'm not going to turn down a 9 month contract for the sake of a week (which would have been all that was left if I'd worked my full notice), rightly or wrongly.

[TheFaQQer]

It's not going on my CV. Its not a role I was particularly eager to take but did because it's money and it's almost Christmas.
I'm not sure what a "tulip reference" is (I'm still new here/to contracting) but I assume it's a black mark against my name. If that's the case, I'll take it on the chin and move on. I'm not going to turn down a 9 month contract for the sake of a week (which would have been all that was left if I'd worked my full notice), rightly or wrongly.

"tulip" is the word the swear filter on CUK puts in when you type tulip.

Edit - tulip, that didn't work

Edit - s**t, not tulip