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[Sockpuppet]

Client Co has given me my marching orders

Well they've given me 12 weeks notice of my marching orders - ish. Below is the current situation among the staff at client co. Its like a bloody movie. I might have paraphrased the following.


Permie A (Direct Contact with Client): "We'll be ****ed if they let you go"

Permie B (Permie A's Boss): "Sockpuppet is an ass clown I want him gone"

Permie C (Permie A's Old Boss): "Sockuppet is great, wtf is B thinking".

Permie D (Permie C's Boss): "I'm pissed they gave control of the project to B but realize what A said is true so I'm going to say anything and laugh my tits off when it falls over".


Phoned up agent to say I was leaving and she doesn't believe me You couldn't make this up.

[oracleslave]

Sounds like you make permie B feel threatened but he has all the say.

DOOMED!

[Fred Bloggs]

12 weeks notice, definitely IR35 caught!

[Sockpuppet]

12 weeks notice, definitely IR35 caught!

Or that my contract expires in 12 weeks and they won't be renewing There is still the work to do just Permie B thinks I'm a dick....which is mostly true.

[wim121]

Bad luck, unfortunately, I think most of us has had a manager at some point take a dislike to us .....

Have you tried seeing if you can transfer to a different project under one of the nice managers that find you invaluable? Is that a possibility at all?

If you are happy in your current place, seems a shame for it to end because of one trumped up dickwad ....

[SimonMac]

Make sure C & D have your business cards and tell them to call you when it all goes tits up!

[Sockpuppet]

Bad luck, unfortunately, I think most of us has had a manager at some point take a dislike to us .....

Have you tried seeing if you can transfer to a different project under one of the nice managers that find you invaluable? Is that a possibility at all?

If you are happy in your current place, seems a shame for it to end because of one trumped up dickwad ....

I think I'd rather just go. Extension takes us to 2.5 years here. Was a bit "ah feck" on the first day now looking forward to a change.

Make sure C & D have your business cards and tell them to call you when it all goes tits up!

Already sorted thanks to the genius of linked in.

[Zippy]

Never mind SP. Onwards and upwards!

[Sockpuppet]

Never mind SP. Onwards and upwards!

Indeed. 2 1/2 years of solid invoicing through the worst tulip storm in contracting history makes me a happy boy - no complaints from me.

[Pondlife]

Seems like you have the right attitude SP. You've milked that particular cash cow dry, time to find another.

Book yourself a nice holiday for 12 weeks time and enjoy some of that filthy lucre.