Contract warning signs

[RSoles]

Permie sat at my desk with a bin bag full of my stuff on the floor.

~Nah, that's just typical thieving permie scum.

[mudskipper]

"Hi RS, this is Bob, I'd like you to teach him all you know".

This. PermieBob starts today. I think my chances of renewal are looking slim.

[Mich the Tester]

Strategic re-alignment
Concentrating on core competencies (i.e. outsource IT)
Portfolio rationalisation

The use of those phrases is sufficient to justify being thrown out of the window on the top floor. Or castration. Slow castration.

[Mich the Tester]

You're all wimps. The only sentence that should scare a contractor is 'we're discussing whether we should pay his invoice'.

[bobspud]

As my mate is finding out today:
when you get asked to interview your permie replacement !!!

[BrilloPad]

If remember when my ex-wife asked her kidney surgeon for any warning signs that her kidney transplant as not working. He replied "Well death is usually a bad sign". Oh how we laughed...

[d000hg]

Does the panel have any others?

We've got a great new guy who left his other contract early specially to come and join our team. He's a BPM expert who is also great at coding, databases and system architecture.

[SimonMac]

As my mate is finding out today:
when you get asked to interview your permie replacement !!!

As long as you get two references and the name of the hiring manager at where he is coming from I don't see a problem

[Mich the Tester]

As my mate is finding out today:
when you get asked to interview your permie replacement !!!

As long as you get two references and the name of the hiring manager at where he is coming from I don't see a problem

Potential problem; the guy left for a reason, presumably.

[SimonMac]

Potential problem; the guy left for a reason, presumably.

Dur, that's why you ask at the interview why you left your last place, do I have to think of everything