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[MarillionFan]

The PM doesn't turn up to meetings that HE arranged.

If I arrange a meeting, you accept, and then don't turn up and don't even apologise, this is just plain bad manners.

HTH BISDI

I sometimes don't turn up to meetings 'I've' arranged. My boss doesn't turn up to meetings he's arranged. His boss doesn't turn up to meetings 'he's' arranged either. It's called being stretched to breaking point or last minute priority changes, not just bad manners. As a contractor you have ONE thing to do. Your manager / PM has dozens of things to do.

I say try it, but then again I'd say you don't have testicular fortitude for it, so best just to carry on moaning about it.

[suityou01]

I sometimes don't turn up to meetings 'I've' arranged. My boss doesn't turn up to meetings he's arranged. His boss doesn't turn up to meetings 'he's' arranged either. It's called being stretched to breaking point or last minute priority changes, not just bad manners. As a contractor you have ONE thing to do. Your manager / PM has dozens of things to do.

I say try it, but then again I'd say you don't have testicular fortitude for it, so best just to carry on moaning about it.

So stretched to breaking point you have time to post lengthy and repetitive posts on here?

You are self parody.

[MarillionFan]

So stretched to breaking point you have time to post lengthy and repetitive posts on here?

You are self parody.

I'm having my Crunchy Nuts at the moment as I decided not to go to the US this week for meetings & do via TP, so finished at midnight, but thanks for asking.

Time for a second bowl methinks.

(Now go and man the fook up)

[mudskipper]

this is just plain bad manners.

[mudskipper]

I'm having my Crunchy Nuts at the moment as I decided not to go to the US this week for meetings & do via TP, so finished at midnight, but thanks for asking.

Time for a second bowl methinks.

(Now go and man the fook up)

Excellent - you coming to the pub tonight?

[original PM]

I sometimes don't turn up to meetings 'I've' arranged. My boss doesn't turn up to meetings he's arranged. His boss doesn't turn up to meetings 'he's' arranged either. It's called being stretched to breaking point or last minute priority changes, not just bad manners. As a contractor you have ONE thing to do. Your manager / PM has dozens of things to do.

I say try it, but then again I'd say you don't have testicular fortitude for it, so best just to carry on moaning about it.

Yeah so all the senior managment team are like 'ooh you need to learn time management n sh!t' and then think they are to important for that.

A tip, put your ego away and unless the company is going into legal of financial meltdown it can wait so turn up to the goddamn meeting and stop making excuses.

[Churchill]

Excellent - you coming to the pub tonight?

WMS++;

[MyUserName]

I really honestly do not care whether the project crashes or the company folds. I write my code and I write it well and I make sure there is evidence that I am not the cause of problems. When there is nothing to do I write my own code using new techs or things I am not familiar with and if these things solve problems I use them in the real work.

Politics, unprofessionalism etc. just let it wash over you, the lion does not care about the opinion of sheep. Do what you are there to do and invoice for it.

[MarillionFan]

Excellent - you coming to the pub tonight?

WMS++;

Ill see. My two day has run over to a third day but I reckon I may be able to not turn up to it (Don't tell Suity)

[Old Greg]

F**k that, if your hating the contract, bored and can't change it why the hell shouldn't he complain and move on. Life is too short, hand in your notice and move on.

Because if he feels this way almost every contract and if it's always the fault of those around him, and if he is often afflicted with illnesses, maybe he needs to change himself, not his contract.

Organisations can be dysfunctional. Colleagues can be a bit crap. Projects are difficult. Contractors are often brought in because the environment is difficult.

I am sure suity has many admirable qualities: he seems like a nice chap; he wants to do a good job; he may well be highly competent in his discipline. But we have to be able to cope with difficult environments. Maybe taking up meditation or mindfulness might help.