New Contract not working out

[louie]

Started my new place on Monday, first day was left on a office chair with no desk till after lunch. Finally got a desk and I have been placed away from all the devs and in amongst support staff who take calls all day. Apparently there were no spare desks where the devs are. Raised it with the dev lead and he said there are no desks. Also had a one page hand scrawled spec to work from.

[SimonMac]

Started my new place on Monday, first day was left on a office chair with no desk till after lunch. Finally got a desk and I have been placed away from all the devs and in amongst support staff who take calls all day. Apparently there were no spare desks where the devs are. Raised it with the dev lead and he said there are no desks. Also had a one page hand scrawled spec to work from.

Man up or **** off, in fact forget the former and concentrate on the latter!

HTH

[ChimpMaster]

Why don't you just go home and sit in your bed winking all day?

[doodab]

How long is your notice period? I would let them know you're leaving now.

[alreadypacked]

Started my new place on Monday, first day was left on a office chair with no desk till after lunch. Finally got a desk and I have been placed away from all the devs and in amongst support staff who take calls all day. Apparently there were no spare desks where the devs are. Raised it with the dev lead and he said there are no desks. Also had a one page hand scrawled spec to work from.

Welcome to our world

I am sure many on here could tell a simular story, it's part of the job.

As a contractor you need to have your own tools and processes in place to do your job.

If you called out a plumber you would expect him to have his own tools?

Get yourself together, get your laptop out and type up the specs, get your questions answered and get them signed off.

HTH

[Spacecadet]

Why don't you just go home and sit in your bed winking all day?

His mum caught him and he's now banned from closing his bedroom door

[aussielong]

Started my new place on Monday, first day was left on a office chair with no desk till after lunch. Finally got a desk and I have been placed away from all the devs and in amongst support staff who take calls all day. Apparently there were no spare desks where the devs are. Raised it with the dev lead and he said there are no desks. Also had a one page hand scrawled spec to work from.

Same happened to me. For 3 months I was located in a glass walled office called the "green house", on my own, in the middle of a busy trading floor. It had no AC and was sweaty as hell -there were half a dozen machines in there alongside me. All the TVs were attached to the glass outside, so most people were looking in my direction all day, which was very distracting as well as noisy.

[doodab]

Same happened to me. For 3 months I was located in a glass walled office called the "green house", on my own, in the middle of a busy trading floor. It had no AC and was sweaty as hell -there were half a dozen machines in there alongside me. All the TVs were attached to the glass outside, so most people were looking in my direction all day, which was very distracting as well as noisy.

I'm of the opinion that only a sad loser with no self respect would put up with bulltulip like that.

[d000hg]

As AP says you're clearly supposed to bring your own desk. Actually that would be pretty fun.

You could order one from Staples to be delivered to the client's address.

Obviously if Sas is listening, I mean Harrods not Staples

[aussielong]

I'm of the opinion that only a sad loser with no self respect would put up with bulltulip like that.

I was getting top dollar and so I kept my mouth shut. Just put the headphones on and got on with it. On the upside, there was quality food in the kitchen. Toilets were diabolical though.