Contract Termination

[SantaClaus]

You are a sockpuppet aren't you? If not, you are totally bonkers : quite possibly more of a nutcase than me.

You should have agreed with everything he said. At least you have learnt a lesson for next time.

I agree with Brillo.

Contractor Rule No.1: Never get up other people's backs.
Contractor Rule No.2: Keep your head down, don't complain and do the work.

P.S. this advice is completely free and I won't be charging for it this time

[Archangel]

Clearly I should have shut my mouth and gone along with it...

Clearly.

HTH

[Grinder]

At this stage, the only chance you have to save yourself (if you really want to stay) is to up the ante and book a meeting with one of the stakeholders.

Tell the stakeholder the whole team is rubbish and the project will fail - explain how you know this. Present a high-level view of how you think the project could succeed.

It sounds like you've already lost any chance you had of getting a good reference from this job, so why not go out in a blaze of glory?

If you get another contract - just do the work described in your contract and you'll be ok.

[pmeswani]

P.S. this advice is completely free and I won't be charging for it this time

It must be christmas again.

[BlasterBates]

Well basically you've talked your way out of the job. From what I understand, the project is in such bad shape you all need to stop and leave the company forthwith. So the PM fulfilled your wish. If he believes you, he will now hang in there as long as he can and look for another job, because he no longer has an option. The last thing he needs is some one who will inform management that they should all be sacked immediately, and in any case if everything the team is producing is rubbish why pay someone £400 a day to produce rubbish and eat up the budget more quickly.

[krytonsheep]

Clearly I should have shut my mouth and gone along with it.

Yeh, never rock the boat, especially if you are in it.

On the bright side, after seven years at the same place, a change will probably do you some good.

[Denno]

Should I fight my case and take this to personnel ? Being a contractor I suppose I have no leg to stand on. I believe that this termination was based on the fact that they have messed up and need someone to take the wrap.

Definitely not. Personnel are only there to back up what the management are saying.

I don't go along with this 'you shouldn't behave like a permie' attitude of some of the posters here.

The fact is that if you're a senior contractor you will need to build relationships, and point out when and why projects are failing.

I don't think there's much you can do here. You could try pointing out in black and white (using facts not emotions) what's wrong with the project to stakeholders, and even this guy's boss, but I doubt they will rock the boat for a contractor...