Discuss: 10 reasons why contractors are a waste of time

[NamesFacesPlaces]

Re: wrong model

"Gerry you got it wrong -- the way to profit is to have all sides think your on their side, not having them all think your with the others"

Easier said than done Atw - and that would probably lead to a very tame site anyway. I prefer it a bit livelier.

[WageSlave1]

Contractors can sometimes be useful at a site, but too many of them are a waste of time.

Simple solution: don't use contractors. If the client is so interested in the future, as is claimed, then surely it would be sensible to train and develop permies.

[DodgyAgent]

Some of my best friends were agents

NFP, what do you mean by "were"?
Are you the mad recruitment consultant hacker who has been going around terrorising my esteemed professionals.

[ScotsPine]

it is he, the very same,

from his base in darkest kildare, he orchestrates a world wide conspiracy against the humble contractor, all the while cunningly operating under the cover of a supposedly pro-contractor website.

[NamesFacesPlaces]

Re: it is he, the very same,

"NFP, what do you mean by "were"?
Are you the mad recruitment consultant hacker who has been going around terrorising my esteemed professionals."

No, but do tell. It sounds like the makings of an article.

What's the story?

Never been to Kildare Scotspine.

I had better leave the other article of a similar vein called "Its is mainly the Office Duds who Go Contracting" (which was sent in to us) for a few weeks then.

[DimPrawn]

Re: it is he, the very same,

NamesFaecesPlaces living up to your name I see. :rolleyes

[NamesFacesPlaces]

Re: it is he, the very same,

Those named DimPrawn shouldn't throw stones.

[MilanB]

Re: it is he, the very same,

Gerry,

do you still live in your parents holiday home in Ireland ?

Milan.

[NamesFacesPlaces]

Re: it is he, the very same,

I do indeed - and very pleasant it is.

One feels that this is a loaded question though.

[MarillionFan]

Re: it is he, the very same,

1) Inflated Idea of Worth - They have an inflated idea of their own worth. Although they may have more experience of technical skills, they have less experience of the company’s mix of tools and how they are used.

Quite true, but you use a contractor because no-one tends to have the right technical skill, and in fact because most perms are so blinkered they have no idea about how the business works.

2) No Social Skills - Despite traveling from site to site, many of them have no social skills and don’t fit in with the permanent members of staff

Cant necessarily disagree with that.

3) Don’t Think of Future - They don’t write programmes in a way that they can be easily amended. As they will never have to amend them, this is not a great worry to them.

Worked with me then

4) Bad for Morale - They disrespect the Project Manager in front of the employees who work for him.

Yep. My PM is Crap

5) High Attrition Rates - They are always trying to convince employees to go contract.

Yep. Done that

6) Prima Donnas

Damn you have worked with me

7) Know Alls

"AHHHH! You wrote this about me!

Won’t Help

Oh not me then. I pass on as much knowledge as I can and over the years have developed loads of perms. Fair enough though I persuaded four of em to go contracting.

9) Never Happy

Yep

10) Out the Door

Ah. If only this but were true. I do a days work - a proper days work and if means working late I do it and if means like this weekend were I worked I do it. The Perm mentality is 9-5, wheres my overtime. So you are confused here

Conclusion. Yep I'm a contractor whos damn good, knows how to do it properly, everyone around me is a fool and screw anyone who disagrees.