Being the only contractor on site is something I try to avoid now. I have found it to be a negative. It isn't that I get lonely without other contractors, it's just that being the only one often means the client has never hired a contractor before/doesn't know how contracting works/has hired you as an experiment/constantly grumbles about your "pay" and so on. Have other CUKers experienced a downside to being the only contractor ? What happened, how did you manage it?
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I've been the only one in the area of business but not the only one on site. Didn't have anything to do with any of the others though. Came in delivered what they wanted, suggested a couple of things I'd seen at other clients could help and then left.
I would have thought it is very unlikely to find a decent client that has never used a contractor before nowadays isn't it? Cut out the problem at source and just don't take gigs like this?
Or you could just MTFU.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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Small companies may easily be in this situation. But then they don't have layers of HR, typically the MD is the HR. And may well have been a contractor at some point.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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It probably depends on your area of expertise. Being the only contractor on site probably happens more to unix systems administrators like me.Comment
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Worse situation is where they've had one or two contractors before who've turned out dud. Then you come in and get tarred with the same brush...Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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+1Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
I remember my boss having a pop at me as another of his contractors would not talk to him about renewal - they would only talk to HR.
There is another manager round here with a motor mouth. Do I blame my manager for that?
AS ever, it is annoying. Just keep invoicing and look for another gig......Comment
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Yeah.. Must be a nightmare following in a whining clockwatching mercenary disguised permie ...Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
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One place I worked - the last contractor had been marched one day. Turned out he'd been doing god knows what on the internet and they worked out he'd used 70% of the entire companies internet usage on his own somehow. And apparently he'd sit there and do no work all day.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
Of course, this wound the permies up into a frenzy. Was not cool to be next contractor on site!Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Cool Story Bro...Originally posted by psychocandy View Post'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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That was a mistake. Why would a contractor talk to HR?Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostComment
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