Have you lost a contract cos they didnt like your personality?

[Old Greg]

FTFY

Possibly, the projects are already doomed, so they hire in a credible fall guy.

[vetran]

It is better to be thought a fool, than speak and be thought suity

FTFY

[SimonMac]

It is better to be a fool, than be suity

FTFY

FTFTFY

[MarillionFan]

As someone who has met Suity, I would like to say I doubt anyone has binned him for his personality, given the fact he doesn't have one I woudl say he was binned due to lack of one

As someone who has interviewed Suity, I would like to say I'm surprised anyone has hired him, after finding out his personality.

#Diva

[AttentivIS]

My last gig ended somewhat prematurely. I wasn't suprised as go-live was 6 weeks before the end of the contract, and I didn't think they wanted a contractor to sit there for 6 weeks doing nowt.

That said the way it ended was quite vitriolic, apparently the PM went behind my back to the IT director and put the poison in. I had no idea he had such a hard on for me.

I must admit I found him a gargantuan cretinous waste of space, and I hated his 45 minute standup meetings, the way he didn't ever write anything down, never delivered, allowed others (permies) to not deliver and was just "everyone's mate".

While he was being pally with everyone, and fooking off every day at 16:30, I was working my socks off most evenings trying to save the project.

So I worked hard, delivered some sort of project in spite of him and the slackjawed permies, and all the thanks I got (after the successful golive) was a knife between the shoulderblades.

You sometimes cannot win, or rather need to define winning as being able to invoice. Find somewhere else to invoice, and keep your head up.

Hi thanks for that in my case they brought me in on the hottest day of the year to hump equipment around non air-conditioned sites. I'm human I sweat and as I say I showered that morning and used antiperspirant deodorant. The offices were not open plan either so what were they expecting?

[FatLazyContractor]

As someone who has interviewed Suity, I would like to say I'm surprised anyone has hired him, after finding out his personality.

#Diva

So did you hire him?

[Mordac]

Behold my mighty post count young sock puppet

Not many would be proud of posting over 20k's worth of utter tulip. Pat yourself on the back, while thinking of the best way to disappear into utter obscurity, natch. And if you need a helping hand, the list of those volunteering to kick the stool away is pretty bloody long...

[bobspud]

Hi thanks for that in my case they brought me in on the hottest day of the year to hump equipment around non air-conditioned sites. I'm human I sweat and as I say I showered that morning and used antiperspirant deodorant. The offices were not open plan either so what were they expecting?

Probably just wanted some idiot to do exactly what you did so that they didn't need to.

[SlipTheJab]

Without wanting to join in the suity bashing, I wonder why as a contractor he was pulling regular 16 hour days for weeks/months on end(equals a rate cut in my book) to cover permie ar$ses, you will get a professional working day from me, no more = I'm not working extra hours on a daily basis without some compo!. A project I was on a while back a request came down from on high to work 9 hrs a day rather that 7.5 (to get an extra days work out of everyone), the client instead of taking the p!ss told all the contractors to invoice for the Saturday to offset this.

How do you pick em Suity?

[eek]

Without wanting to join in the suity bashing, I wonder why as a contractor he was pulling regular 16 hour days for weeks/months on end(equals a rate cut in my book) to cover permie ar$ses, you will get a professional working day from me, no more = I'm not working extra hours on a daily basis without some compo!. A project I was on a while back a request came down from on high to work 9 hrs a day rather that 7.5 (to get an extra days work out of everyone), the client instead of taking the p!ss told all the contractors to invoice for the Saturday to offset this.

How do you pick em Suity?

My guess is that working away from home why not? What else do you have to do in an evening.