Juggling contracts

[northernladuk]

You may want to believe this but there's no real evidence to support it.

I would point you at at least one thread in the past month where a poster on here got binned by a client because someone he worked at in the past advised the client about him. The poster was trying to sue the informant and all sorts before it went quiet. Upshot was his previous actions cost him his gig.

Real life examples? I have far too many but... we had a team of BI developers that got cut from 6 to 3 as the project reached end of the first phase. Phase 2 kicked in and the team went back up. 2 of the previous guys got asked back... the third didn't... why? Poor rep with the client so he lost out on a gig.

Most contractors have too low a profile to warrant any reputation, good, bad or otherwise.

I can't begin to explain what an utter crock of tulip this comment is.

[kingcook]

You may want to believe this but there's no real evidence to support it.

Most contractors have too low a profile to warrant any reputation, good, bad or otherwise.

I keep a good rep with all of my clients. Recently I had a previous client phone me out of the blue asking if I was available for some project they needed a hand with. Unfortunately though I was in a contract elsewhere.

It does happen.

[JoeyD]

You may want to believe this but there's no real evidence to support it.

Most contractors have too low a profile to warrant any reputation, good, bad or otherwise.

With the greatest of respect......that's a pile of w**k.

[Justin Control]

With the greatest of respect......that's a pile of w**k.

Why?

[JoeyD]

Why?

Because some contractors have managed to base years and years of contracts on reputation and word of mouth. Just cause you haven't (or don't or can't) doesn't mean people don't.

[northernladuk]

Why?

If you need to ask that you are either a troll or even worse you are just not cut out.

[jamesbrown]

Because some contractors have managed to base years and years of contracts on reputation and word of mouth. Just cause you haven't (or don't or can't) doesn't mean people don't.

Yep, and the more you specialise, the more you depend on reputation and past performance. Absolutely critical for the long haul.

[MarillionFan]

E) Hold signing the renewal off for as long as possible while you search the market

At which point d) If you're desperate.

Truth is (d) is a little unprofessional but you're a one man business and so need to maximize your income. The whole 'it will come back to bite you in the ass' is a game of statistics and in most cases a load of scaremongering crap. Someone may know of someone who once got caught out in 'what goes around comes around' but we all have examples of something similar. An agency will drop you like a stone for a better deal with a view 'plenty more fish in the sea', nothing wrong with same view. Ignore the 'over fishing' nay Sayers.