Sods law

[d000hg]

Isn't it support desk or similar, i.e. the rate is appropriate and he took a crap role rather than a role with a crap rate?

[Old Greg]

WHS - at that rate they can hardly be expecting a reliable professional.

They're in luck.

[Damon]

My original response still stands IMO

Good luck with the interview.

I have had a client cancel a project one week after I started and all on left that day.

So when it suits the client they won't concern themselves with the outcome for you....

[DirtyDog]

They're in luck.

[psychocandy]

Isn't it support desk or similar, i.e. the rate is appropriate and he took a crap role rather than a role with a crap rate?

Nope. Its a fairly senior 3rd line role.

[psychocandy]

My original response still stands IMO

Good luck with the interview.

Yeh. You have a point.

[MicrosoftBob]

Can't you just invoke your substitution clause, get Bobshawadiwadi in and then take on the better contract

[psychocandy]

Of course, the crap contract/bail if something better comes along idea is all well and good but, as I've found out, there are problems:-

1. Even a weeks notice puts some clients off. (Despite the fact that we all know that clients fanny about and waste this much time anyway - they seem to have an idea in their head that contractor has to start TOMORROW).

2. Its difficult to speak to agencies when you've just started a contract.

3. Its even more difficult to attend interviews (even phone ones) when you're in a contract. Only so many excuses you can make for a day off at short notice (and of course, you're losing money all the time).

I think theres going to come a time when its time to can crap contract anyway and go back to full time job hunting.

[psychocandy]

Can't you just invoke your substitution clause, get Bobshawadiwadi in and then take on the better contract

Now that would be good. And pay them £100 a day....

Anyone ever used a sub? How did you pay them - as a PAYE employee or as a ltd company invoice?

[d000hg]

If a week's notice is too long for them to wait, I'd be tempted to tell them to get real.