When contract jobs go bad..........

[Sysman]

well, it's for your benefit that most of the great books of the world are freely available in .txt format, ideally suited to reading in an IDE code window.

I have on occasion done some serious data manipulation to do exactly the same.

Assigning a function key to bring another window to the front is a good idea

[NotAllThere]

I was working a German Investment Bank ...
So... No point applying for jobs with this IB, the HR department at DB ....

Did you mean to name it?

[badger7579]

Worked for BT...... It was Shyte..... Nuff said..

[NickFitz]

Secure site - no phone, no MP3 player, no laptop until cleared (and even then, no internet that you could log into, in case anyone tracked your IP address)...

Ah, so it was you all along

[suityou01]

No contract is bad if your invoices get paid.

health remains in tact and your invoice get paid

[crazyfrog]

my last but one contract working for a london publishing company was a whole bag of fun.

We HAD to start (me and another contractor) a week before Xmas, to be completed in a week as the Indian middlemen needed our work to test over the holidays. We both worked our A*** off to get it done, ( i got home 3am Xmas morning). It was eventually tested end of Feb. tulipe (actually no )project management. They had Deloitte in to PM the PM's and then another firm to monitor them. The Indian Team managed Jack tulip, blamed everyone else for their failings, and, unfortunately, the IT director was an ex accountant who knew nothing about everything. Project delayed, over budget massively and contractors got the blame. If the contractors had been given the task of getting the job done in the first place, it would have been done on time and in budget (some very top blokes were doing the top work, but came up against intransient dullards). The last month I was there I probably did 2hrs work (lots of walks up through Camden). I've not been in this job long enough to know when to quit, but this contract taught me a lot ie. Basically, how not to manage a project.
Plus the agency I did it through went bust owing me.
Still...the eye candy was tip top!

[RichardCranium]

No contract is bad if your invoices get paid.

You've not yet had a proper bad contract.

Be glad.

[Sysman]

health remains in tact and your invoice get paid

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You've just reminded me of one where the aircon was incredibly bad and I had a permanent head cold. Next stop a place with opening windows and not a single sniffle the whole year round.

[Bagpuss]

I make a point of giving off the impression that I do not give a toss and make it known that if I was to be let go today I would be more than happy. I offset that by making sure the job is always done and to a decent standard.

The worst thing that can happen to someone trying to get at you is to make sure you cannot be got at. It pisses them off no end.

I thought the arrogance and just an act for this board. But this sounds like borderline personality disorder. Have you ever thought it could be you rather than 'them'?

[Fred Bloggs]

Worked a gig in Coventry where I turned up the first morning and it was totally obvious from the lead blokes body language and attitude that I was "just a scumbag contractor". I sat back to back with this numpty and he used to email me rather than turn round and tell/ask me stuff. I lasted six weeks, the time it took for me to get another job and that included a two week holiday that they luckily had known about before they took me on.