Quitting a contract for the first time in 6 years

[sasguru]

I have hated one place I worked at, it was back when I was a permie. I was marked down in my appraisal for not fixing a bug. The bug was caused by rounding a number down ... it was not a bug it was the law of ******* maths.

Manager could not understand and insisted it was a bug and blamed me for having 'poor problem solving ability'. I wrote examples using numbers less than 10 and he honestly did not understand it, his manager was spineless and did nothing. My wife was genuinely concerned I was on the brink of depression and phoned some old friends and asked them to come over now and then to cheer me up.

The guarantees I made myself when I began contracting is that I will never:

Be in a position where someone can bully and walk all over me
Let work make me feel that way again.

I would leave the place ASAP. If it is bothering you then it is only going to get worse.

Why didn't you round the number up if that's what they wanted?

[MyUserName]

Why didn't you round the number up if that's what they wanted?

[sasguru]

Seems to me they were right - you lack problem solving ability

[MyUserName]

Seems to me they were right - you lack problem solving ability

Well what can I say? Clearly I was overthinking things!

[d000hg]

This place is civil service to the power of politburo. What a waste of my life; f**k it, I'm quitting this contract end of this week.

I never had you down as someone who cared about doing a good job or making a difference, are you sure you're cut out to be a contractor?

[suityou01]

Even Suity stuck out his last contract and got an extension until November. Just Sayin Like.

MF.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You are on a slippery slope!! One contract today, name change to NWPerm2Contractor tomorrow!!! beware

Thanks for always keeping me in mind and not forgetting me, lasted 1 week so far only another 50 weeks to go!

[Mich the Tester]

I never had you down as someone who cared about doing a good job or making a difference, are you sure you're cut out to be a contractor?

Believe it or not I actually care about systems being tested properly!

[lukemg]

First - I have no qualms about being professional and adding as much value as my meagre skills allow.
BUT Second - I don't care enough to get upset about it - smile, wave and count the money.
I would never let some twonk hound me out of a contract, if anything I would stay on purpose to annoy them. There are a hundred ways to appear compliant and helpful while undermining the idiot involved.

[norrahe]

First - I have no qualms about being professional and adding as much value as my meagre skills allow.
BUT Second - I don't care enough to get upset about it - smile, wave and count the money.
I would never let some twonk hound me out of a contract, if anything I would stay on purpose to annoy them. There are a hundred ways to appear compliant and helpful while undermining the idiot involved.

All well and good but if the politics in question is preventing you from doing a job properly then the hassle is simply not worth the money.