oh dear, the war has started...

[BoredBloke]

If she has been claiming hours she didn't do and he can prove it, then why not just fire her.

[Joe Black]

Problem I believe is the chain of command, where while he's been made her boss, technically he's still on a sort of secondment so needs agreement from others to take direct action.

Hence her and her partners attempts to use people they know to try and reverse the situation.

[Swamp Thing]

The contractor has had a good run. Let it go, preserve what remains of the relationship so that the reference required for the next contract will a) be available, b) be hopefully positive. Don't create grounds for denial of reference. Use the time well to seek the next contract. Look upon the next contract as an opportunity to try new things/update skills. I would if I'd been stuck in a 4-yr 'contract'.

[zathras]

One of the new managers here has decided to let a contractor go, budgetary reasons supposedly, and given them a months notice.

Unfortunately they're not too happy about it, what with being here 3-4 years and all, and it's rapidly descending into the vicious sort of permie politics where her and her partner (also a contractor here the same length of time) seem to be doing their best to use every trick in the book to cast doubt on his position and perhaps get him fired instead.

So, the question is, is this the way contractors should behave to preserve their position, or would you just accept the agreed notice and count the benefit of you and your partner having banked 500-600 every day for the last few years and move on?

OK so she is going to do a Muscat before the BBC Debt Bint. If it was me I'd enjoy a nice holiday on the profits of 3-4 years of solid work.

[Joe Black]

Update

Well, the battle seems to have been won. Certainly going by how much more cheerful she is these days...though the campaign goes on.

Her and hubby seem to have managed via various emails to have won support from one of the other departments and now they will be stumping up, via some sort of cross-charging, and paying her invoices.

No doubt it's going to be lots of fun with her new manager in charge of her, and signing off her timesheets, sort of not being in charge of her because she's now being sponsored by someone else.

Permie (contractor?) politics, don't you just love it.

[thunderlizard]

Well I have to go against the grain and say well done them. If you want to make money, as a staffer or a contractor or as the guy who fills the vending machine, that's the way to go about it. If somebody stands in your way, either get them on your side or eliminate them. The management consultancies are great at this.

When you meet the infidel, invite him to convert. If he refuses, destroy him utterly. That's what I say.