My Attention seeking dilema post

[Bagpuss]

Isn't it terrible when people think you're easy to exploit and try to take advantage of you? Next thing you know, they'll be slagging you off in an online forum.

I have no idea what you are talking about, care to elaborate?

[Boudica]

Not there until 11 every night but I've done a few in order to meet deadlines and I'm talking 50 billable hours a week on average minus breaks.

But now the lack of effort/sloppy work by other departments means I could work 24/7 and still not meet the coming deadlines. For the first time in almost a decade contracting I'm actually dreaming about work.

You probably know all this, I would suggest you document as much as you can, make sure your RAIDS are up to date and hold regular update meetings, circulate reports and minutes, ensuring all deliverables are obvious. On a personal level eat really well and exercise. Sorry if this is stuff you already know, I've had some contracts that sound like this and it sounds like they will blame you if it goes wrong, so all I can say is take care of yourself.

[Mich the Tester]

Yep. Then I get paid so don't give a toss after that.

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