What makes you leave a contract early?

[MarillionFan]

Dreaming about offing the PM with an S&W model 29.

And then the git gets up after a good solid body hit.

Nightmare.

Official site. Whack Your Boss.

[Sysman]

So whats your tell tail sign that you need to move on?

When you get bawled at for not fixing a problem on a system you have no access to.

Fortunately that happened towards the end of a 3 monther so I didn't renew.

[Scoobos]

I've only been on my client site for 2 weeks and already been asked if i mind taking time off because sales aren't going well (don't mind too much; but a bit of a bug bear after waiting 3 weeks for sign off on a totally different project description.)

Followed by an e-mail from a manager asking if I caused an outage on a system I've never heard of, have no access to, and don't manage; by removing a DNS entry on a DNS server no one in the company can manage (its managed by a 3rd party)..

Going well then...

[EternalOptimist]

I've seen lots just hang on no matter what...

One guy was given his marching orders on the Friday actually came in on the Monday morning - thinking it was a joke!!

He was the only joke!



Tone

I finished one gig in Salford keys on the friday and started another in Knutsford on the monday.

It was a stressful time for me, and I drove in on to the new gig monday morning on autopilot.
Then I looked out over Salford and thought 'what the fck am I doing here ?'

[MarillionFan]

I've only been on my client site for 2 weeks and already been asked if i mind taking time off because sales aren't going well (don't mind too much; but a bit of a bug bear after waiting 3 weeks for sign off on a totally different project description.)

Followed by an e-mail from a manager asking if I caused an outage on a system I've never heard of, have no access to, and don't manage; by removing a DNS entry on a DNS server no one in the company can manage (its managed by a 3rd party)..

Going well then...

Where the feck are you contracting? Is it that dodgy car salesman bloke from a few weeks ago who's doley staff didn't turn up?

[MarillionFan]

I finished one gig in Salford keys on the friday and started another in Knutsford on the monday.

It was a stressful time for me, and I drove in on to the new gig monday morning on autopilot.
Then I looked out over Salford and thought 'what the fck am I doing here ?'

Lol.

I once left Manchester to go home, went on autopilot thinking about the work I was doing, a short while later I arrived at Liverpool. First & only time I've been there.

[Scoobos]

Where the feck are you contracting? Is it that dodgy car salesman bloke from a few weeks ago who's doley staff didn't turn up?

Maybe that would be better, I passed the last stop before Desperationville a few weeks ago; its my company year end this month and I need to get the money in !

[Bunk]

I've just finished a 4 year stint. I got to the point where i was sick of the place and going to thump someone and I wanted out... but they kept paying me and the work was easy, yet boring. My contract expired and didn't renew so i was freeeeeeeee!!
But now i've been on the bench for a month and i'm bored and becoming poorer and i sort of wish i was still invoicing, but i'm still glad as hell not to be in that silly place anymore.

Dunno, it's a toss up which is worse: the tulipty job, or perhaps a bit of poverty...

How can you be in poverty after a 4 year gig?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

How can you be in poverty after a 4 year gig?

Perhaps after 4 years you have completely forgotten you are a contractor and start to live like a permie - i.e. you spend what you have expecting the next lot to come through 1 month later.....

He has probably forgotten what a warchest is as well..

[MarillionFan]

Perhaps after 4 years you have completely forgotten you are a contractor and start to live like a permie - i.e. you spend what you have expecting the next lot to come through 1 month later.....

He has probably forgotten what a warchest is as well..

Not everyone can afford to turn down a £570 p/d gig in London.