Wierd start to contracting life

[AtW]

Hmm you'll find i'm currently posting from the bench.....

Ooops, sorry ...

[norrahe]

Ooops, sorry ...

And so you should be, I feel just as violated as that bag of alpen on the victims thread now.

I shall now have to start a thread about how your were so mean and horrible and nasty to me *boo hoo*

[milanbenes]

yes,


look busy and do not worry about it

keep quiet

do not let it look obvious that you have nout to do

one of my contracts it took 9 weeks to get a logon to the systems :-)

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

yes,


look busy and do not worry about it

keep quiet

do not let it look obvious that you have nout to do

one of my contracts it took 9 weeks to get a logon to the systems :-)

Milan.

It's true. Just try and look busy. I had a role where I didnt get a login until the Friday afternoon. I sat there for a week reading manuals, and to be honest ran out of stuff to do, so started meeting people.

I was accused of not doing any work and putting people off by talking to them. I was then let go!!!!

Unbelievable!!! Anyway I sued for that and didnt get anywhere.

I still remember the name of the PM. One day pal. One ******* day!

[norrahe]

I have had contracts where it took them 2 months to get me a log in and it was another month after that before they finally procured me a laptop.

For the first 2/3 months I was using my hotmail account and my own laptop to contact their clients.

Give a really good impression when you are representing them to third parties.

[AtW]

I shall now have to start a thread about how your were so mean and horrible and nasty to me *boo hoo*

[AtW]

It's true. Just try and look busy. I had a role where I didnt get a login until the Friday afternoon. I sat there for a week reading manuals, and to be honest ran out of stuff to do, so started meeting people.

I was accused of not doing any work and putting people off by talking to them. I was then let go!!!!

Unbelievable!!! Anyway I sued for that and didnt get anywhere.

I still remember the name of the PM. One day pal. One ******* day!

Classic story!

Tell us the one when you punched the guy...

[Xenophon]

Tell us the one when you punched the guy...

I love that story like a fat kid loves cake.

[cojak]

3 hours to go till the end of my 2nd week as a contractor and in a wierd situation. Me and colleague (experienced contractor) are yet 2 be given any real work and are starting to get worried. They are slow to get things signed off but now starting to think what the point of us being here is......

Show a bit of initiative - use your own laptop and start writing up your [Job Title] Terms of Reference/Approach, and hand it to your PM.

And if you aren't given any info, make it up and call it the initial draft.

Honestly, you have to spoon feed 'em...

[Bagpuss]

Absolutely part of the course.

Part of which course?