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    #31
    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I was hired as the technical lead, but the PM (who didn't interview me) thought I was was just another developer. So the first 2 months we were on 2 different pages and he wondered who this cocky upstart was that kept telling him what he needed in terms of resource.

    I escalated to the IT director, was then given a team, and then the PMs would undermine me on a daily basis, arrange meeting and make decisions without me. Bad decisions not grounded in any technical merit that had to all be reversed. I was not in charge, and had not support. As such I had it out with them and agreed to stay on as scapegoat.
    FTFY
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #32
      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
      Interesting. Yes. Good idea. What happens if the manager in question is of the same disposition as the permies and isn't that fussed either?
      Then you escalate it like you did before.

      And if that goes nowhere you terminate, in line with your contract. It's really not that difficult, and yet you seem to have this issue on every contract - have you not learned from your past experiences?
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        #33
        Suity, you are NCOTBAC. It really is that simple.
        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #34
          Originally posted by sasguru View Post
          Suity, you are NCOTBAC. It really is that simple.
          The real question is, how the fook did Suity get hired in the first place? The interviewers should be fired and banned from working for life.

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            #35
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            Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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              #36
              Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
              The real question is, how the fook did Suity get hired in the first place? The interviewers should be fired and banned from working for life.

              I was wondering the same, but then again, they did give Quasimodo that job ringing the bells, so anything is possible.
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #37
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                I was wondering the same, but then again, they did give Quasimodo that job ringing the bells, so anything is possible.
                I don't think he was suit(y)able for working in the Gift Shop......

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                  #38
                  Ha Developers don't ya just love 'em!

                  You need some one to go in and f**k tulip up.

                  qh
                  He had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.

                  I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.

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                    #39
                    So who is my assigned CUK mentor?
                    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                      So who is my assigned CUK mentor?
                      If you wanted a CUK mental there would be loads to choose from.....

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