On the bench?

[Bob Dalek]

Oh Dear (TM)!

I am in my initial 12 week probation and boss calls me into a meeting room and says "No future for you with us"!

Aaaggghhh!!!

No warning whatsoever. Not even the slightest hint.

Thing is, my work is, she told me, bleedin' brilliant. My time keeping is ace. My attitude is lovely. I can stay on for 2 months full pay with as much time as I want for interviews; references will be glowing; can use the interweb at work to search for a job; still being given work to do (unusual for a DBA, in my experience, what with the possibility of "Whoops! Did I really type-in 'DROP DATABASE;'?!").

So, I asked (not unexpectedly) why the order of the boot? Boss talked some tosh about a "bad fit","your skills would be better suited at another site", etc. But I think I've pissed on my own chips by making her look like a numpty when I've drawn attention to howlers in the System (of her doing)... in meetings with Top Brass - also, she isn't too appreciative of my "If we did xyz, the System would positively zing along." advice. I think I've exposed her low level of technical ability.

Why didn't I just keep my gob shut?

Anyway, now well and truly f--ked off with Permie insanity and twot bosses who think that new ideas are threats to their cosy little fiefdoms: a return to the warm embraces of whoring is the thing for me.

[pmeswani]

Oh Dear (TM)!

I am in my initial 12 week probation and boss calls me into a meeting room and says "No future for you with us"!

Aaaggghhh!!!

No warning whatsoever. Not even the slightest hint.

Thing is, my work is, she told me, bleedin' brilliant. My time keeping is ace. My attitude is lovely. I can stay on for 2 months full pay with as much time as I want for interviews; references will be glowing; can use the interweb at work to search for a job; still being given work to do (unusual for a DBA, in my experience, what with the possibility of "Whoops! Did I really type-in 'DROP DATABASE;'?!").

So, I asked (not unexpectedly) why the order of the boot? Boss talked some tosh about a "bad fit","your skills would be better suited at another site", etc. But I think I've pissed on my own chips by making her look like a numpty when I've drawn attention to howlers in the System (of her doing)... in meetings with Top Brass - also, she isn't too appreciative of my "If we did xyz, the System would positively zing along." advice. I think I've exposed her low level of technical ability.

Why didn't I just keep my gob shut?

Anyway, now well and truly f--ked off with Permie insanity and twot bosses who think that new ideas are threats to their cosy little fiefdoms: a return to the warm embraces of whoring is the thing for me.

Ahhh... that old chestnut. . Rule of thumb... keep the good ideas handy for when you have passed the probation. . And keep your kind commends about your boss to the pub. . Regarding the Drop Database... Just make sure you use her account and not yours. (and yes I am joking here. )

[smiff]

--ked off with Permie insanity and twot bosses who think that new ideas are threats to their cosy little fiefdoms: a return to the warm embraces of whoring is the thing for me.

Yeah, it's a bit annoying. I had an interview for a permie job last year and didn't get it. Was a bit amazed to be honest. I asked for feedback and I was told "It felt like we were talking to another manager at our level".

Well, tickle me outraged, perhaps I should have gone in with a shellsuit on, devil dog and a can of White Lightning cider.

[Bob Dalek]

Yeah, it's a bit annoying. I had an interview for a permie job last year and didn't get it. Was a bit amazed to be honest. I asked for feedback and I was told "It felt like we were talking to another manager at our level".

Well, tickle me outraged, perhaps I should have gone in with a shellsuit on, devil dog and a can of White Lightning cider.

I have, if I'm honest, been a numpty. On the day I got the job, the agent rang and said that the manager wanted to "iron-out" a fews things before making the offer. 2 mins. later my mobile rings, and it is the manager. Basically, she said that she wanted my skills in-house, but that I wasn't to EVER, EVER question her authority or make waves, or overshadow her, etc. Sounded lovely to me: being a spoon-fed robot for £60k and 25 days hols. was like a little win on the gee-gees... and then I opened my gob too much. Am glad, really, as it was getting to be a bit constricting. Still, I will definitely be on my guard in future.

[smiff]

To be fair, it is hard to keep silent sometimes, when the permies around you make Kerry Katona seem like a nuclear physicist.

[pmeswani]

Yeah, it's a bit annoying. I had an interview for a permie job last year and didn't get it. Was a bit amazed to be honest. I asked for feedback and I was told "It felt like we were talking to another manager at our level".

Well, tickle me outraged, perhaps I should have gone in with a shellsuit on, devil dog and a can of White Lightning cider.

I had a permie interview with a bank in the city.... got told pretty much straight away that I got offered a 2nd interview... provided a number of dates to the agency for when I can do the second interview only to be told that the client had issues about whether I was going to commit or not. I pushed into a corner and pretty much pressured into withdrawing my application (before the 2nd interview).

[Bob Dalek]

Yeah, it's a bit annoying. I had an interview for a permie job last year and didn't get it. Was a bit amazed to be honest. I asked for feedback and I was told "It felt like we were talking to another manager at our level".

Well, tickle me outraged, perhaps I should have gone in with a shellsuit on, devil dog and a can of White Lightning cider.

I was told (and this nearly led to her immediate and very bloody death) that she could employ 3 Indians for what she paid me. True, but the Indian woman who is the other DBA (in the loosest possible sense) has, this week, lost data, wrecked backups, pestered me to help her install Oracle agents (for the 4 millionth time), etc. And the boss had the gall to say "I think I get more mileage out of the Indian woman"! I actually began to think I was lucid dreaming!

[Unicorn]

No warning.....

Not the slightest hint.....

Mr Dalek,

not being critical but didn't the first telephone call your manager made (don't question me, don't make me look stupid etc) make you think that she'd had that conversation with quite a few people and you were just going to be the next person on her managerial merry go round ?

[Bob Dalek]

Not the slightest hint.....

Mr Dalek,

not being critical but didn't the first telephone call your manager made (don't question me, don't make me look stupid etc) make you think that she'd had that conversation with quite a few people and you were just going to be the next person on her managerial merry go round ?

I did say I'd been a numpty.

And, looking back and reflecting upon things, I think her admitting to having gone through about 8 DBAs in 2 years was, perhaps, a red flag!

[TheRefactornator]

I've recently been benched from the NHS 3rd party supplier sector because my last client co has "run out of cash".

4 weeks without an interview now and my CV is not completely poo in the .NET department. I'm taking the time to brush up on my ASP.NET + AJAX