Struggling to find contract after mat leave

[TheFaQQer]

Ohh congratulations d000hg!! You kept that one quiet. Are you going to put a post in general to tell us???

It's a miracle!

[JamJam]

<admin note>I have now enabled PM use on your account</admin note>

thanks

[Clippy]

You don't have a gap on your CV.

For the past six months, you've been working for a small independent consultancy. Unfortunately, you are under a non-disclosure agreement, so can't go into any detail about who they are or what they do.

Problem solved.

How viable, in the real world, is such a response?

[TheFaQQer]

How viable, in the real world, is such a response?

Well, I've worked for public sector organisations that I can't discuss. I've worked for private sector companies where there was an NDA in place where I couldn't discuss where I was working, and only discuss the work in the right way.

If a company puts a restrictive NDA in place, then you can't do anything about it, so I think it's a perfectly viable response.

[Freamon]

Well, I've worked for public sector organisations that I can't discuss. I've worked for private sector companies where there was an NDA in place where I couldn't discuss where I was working, and only discuss the work in the right way.

If a company puts a restrictive NDA in place, then you can't do anything about it, so I think it's a perfectly viable response.

If you are going to lie and say there was an NDA in place when there wasn't one, why not say something else that's more likely to get you the role?

[TheFaQQer]

If you are going to lie and say there was an NDA in place when there wasn't one, why not say something else that's more likely to get you the role?

The answer I gave earlier wasn't a lie. I don't think lying to get a role is a good idea, as you will get found out.

[Pogle]

I am not in production support. That type of 24/7 jobs don't suit me. I am a domain consultant and a business analyst. Yes little timmy needs to be picked up on time - every single day. Why should I go back to being a permie? I think ppl like you should consider that - your attitude is perfect for being a cribbing manager working for an Indian IT firm constantly trying to turn people into machines...

To clarify, there were occasions when things HAD to be done that day ...my husband did the picking up to let me finish the task....but I don't accommodate such after 430 requests until absolutely necessary.

You know what, I am not sure how many can make it work doing 8am to 430pm... But I am going to make it work. I m VERY good at what I do... Its just a matter of time...I am only 2 contracts old....I will struggle initially to find contracts....but when I do, I work hard...my clients will want me back...and THAT will help me .

And ppl like you are always there...trying to bring others down pointing to their circumstances....

Do you plan to have children in future? Do you plan to send them to a nursery 8am to 6pm and later to 'alternative arrangements' to make sure you 'accommodate' your clients? Priorities!!!

I like you - you sound like me

[SueEllen]

Do you plan to have children in future? Do you plan to send them to a nursery 8am to 6pm and later to 'alternative arrangements' to make sure you 'accommodate' your clients? Priorities!!!

He plans on having his wife/partner do all the childcare.

Then he will be back here a few years later wondering why he's going through a divorce.

Though if he has kids with someone who does clinical work in the NHS he will be in for a shock....

[wim121]

He plans on having his wife/partner do all the childcare.

Then he will be back here a few years later wondering why he's going through a divorce.

And what is so wrong with that and why is that grounds for a divorce?

Quite a sweet life, to be supported and kept in luxury by a generous partner and be able to screw that out of them should you ever split up. That isnt so much a defamation on women (although there are some that know how the system works and abuse it), but a statement on the system itself.

Have you ever considered your post sounds extremely sexist, or do you just get away with that all the time because society gives females a free pass to be as sexist as they like?


I am of the firm belief, that a family unit, should have a stay at home parent to tend to the children and breadwinner. That is how you should raise a child. And before you ask, we have discussed this before and since I possess better homemaker skills, I am the obvious stay at home choice.

That wouldnt give me any ground to get a divorce at all. In an adult relationship, both partners make a mutual decision to enter parenthood. If one doesnt want to care for a child, what the hell is one doing, becoming a parent in the first place?

[wim121]

But as contractors we are supposed to the flexible ones, this is why we demand high rates. If you want to be inflexible, and expect the client to accommodate you rather than you accommodate them then you should seriously think about going back to permie.

Since this quote was indirectly dug up, I wanted to state agreement to this.

As contractors, it is a flexible arrangement sometimes in our work hours, locations, assignments and work times, or sometimes all of the above.

If you cant be flexible, sometimes at a moments notice, then contracting isnt the right field for that person.

The civil service however is good for permies, who dont ever want to do much work, choose their hours or abscond from work completely whenever they like and then bleat about diminished wages or benefits which affect everyone in the workplace and rather than work harder like everyone in the private sector, stand outside striking. There isnt much difference between that and when they work though, as most go for a smoke every hour, smoking for 5mins but spending 10mins walking each way and getting a cup of coffee when they get back in. All in all, on a 5hr work day, a civil servant when they are working hard, will work for 2.5hrs.