Complete the contract and then move on. You are a business and so are they.
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Originally posted by barely_pointless View PostGuess what, here's an early alarm bell, I'm the only one who takes notes at meetings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by GillsMan View PostWhy is that an alarm bell? I rarely take notes at meetings. Productive meetings should be concise and about knowledge transfer for which notes shouldn't always be necessary, unless you're capturing highly detailed technical information.
One stupid thing about stand-ups is that while standing up shortens the meeting it also means people don't record what is going on...merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by barely_pointless View Posthmm, I'm just about to jump from a "certain" contract over the next 12 months to a short term 3 monther for a number of reasons:
- Very Poor Leadership, i.e. none, no idea of where they want to be in 3-5 years time.
- No IT Strategy, i.e. installing ms office 2014 is not a strategy.........
- No investment in Permies (as far as I can see), this leads to myopic thinking and poor organizational capability for me to pass on my knowledge and skills
- zero stakeholder comms and capability, they consistently get it wrong, and given the level of our stakeholders and the interest of Media (they too are a stakeholder) this can be embarrassing....
there is so much more,
Originally posted by barely_pointless View Postnew gig pays approx 25% moreContracting: more of the money, less of the sh1tComment
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Originally posted by kingcook View PostWhy should you give a rat's arse about any of these? Seriously, what's it to you where they are in 5 years time? Were you still hoping to be working for them? Permie investment? WTF?!
Now that's one good reason to move on.
role is consultant for strategy, capability, vision, all of which is poorly understood due lack of investment in leadership and people, I write things down because I hold, observe and analyse workshops with senior members of the legal and police fraternity, no big techie stuff, but holds actions and direction together where previously there was none, you're of course absolutely correct, sod the lot of them, rate increase is what matters!Comment
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Originally posted by eek View PostSurely a meeting should result in actions, and you need to note what actions have been assigned to you to ensure that they get done.
One stupid thing about stand-ups is that while standing up shortens the meeting it also means people don't record what is going on...Comment
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