I may finally have blown it…

[Mich the Tester]

Sorry, I always seem to be apologising for being premature.

Shall I send you some of my spam? I'm sure there are firms that can help you with that

[DodgyAgent]

Good for you Mitch.

I busted a gig like that myself.

There are times when the truth must out and diplomacy can take a walk.

my opinion

[Mich the Tester]

my opinion

my professional opinion

As opposed to the opinion of people who have no training or experience in what they're managing.

[shoes]

What price feeling good for a few minutes?

Integrity? Heh! The truth? Humph! A contractor craves not these things.

You are reckless!


You got too caught up in your work to the point of believing that it matters, and that doing things right was the point. It's not. The point is to invoice.

[EternalOptimist]

In my opinion you should get in there tomorrow and apologise. Tell them 'wet rag' was a slip of the tongue, and you meant to say 'ass wipe'

[NotAllThere]

NEWS. Have just been phoned by an agent well known to me whom I sent my CV; I can go to interview this week for a gig paying 10% more than current ClientCo did before the rate cut. Client looking for Test Manager who ‘tells the truth with no BS’. Potential BOOM.

That'll be a first.

good luck, btw.

[Clippy]

I nearly threw a few people out of the window in this morning’s team meeting. In fact, I nearly exploded. I ended up saying it was self evident that the ‘Management team’ of ClientCo’s IT department is ‘unfit for purpose’ and described the team leader of my department as ‘a wet rag who doesn’t dare to tell his superiors the truth’.

After the meeting, managers sat around chatting among themselves.

I have a feeling this gig might not last much longer.

Still, I got it off my chest.

Feeling a bit testy were we Mitch?

IGMC.

[BrowneIssue]

Still, I got it off my chest.

Sometimes you have to be good to yourself. You're only flesh and blood, not a god.

If you care, being professional day in, day out, taking the crap and doing the job right in a crap environment can only be done for so long.

You then either get physically ill, mentally ill, take it out on the family, start drinking even more to excess or in some other way show the stress.

You have another choice: walk or tell them the truth.

You did them and yourself a favour. Other people may have done it differently but you are not other people.

[eliquant]

I always find to take the path of least resistance, even though it winds me up when I'm in those God awful situations, I just think to myself in 6 months - 1 years time these people will be a faded memory nothing more.

[expat]

Sometimes you have to be good to yourself. You're only flesh and blood, not a god.

If you care, being professional day in, day out, taking the crap and doing the job right in a crap environment can only be done for so long.

You then either get physically ill, mentally ill, take it out on the family, start drinking even more to excess or in some other way show the stress.

So true. There comes a point where it is NOT worth it.