What's the best / worst gig you've had?

[speling bee]

Best gigs are the ones where you are treated with the most respect and valued for your knowledge/skills as well as having some interesting work to do. I'd have to say current gig + my first gig at Radbroke is where I have found that to be the case. First time at Radbroke another contractor got terminated with his work being passed on to me, current gig I am last contractor still working on the solution.

Worst gig by a country mile was with a media company in wythenshawe. Never imagined such treatment was possible and was very happy the minute I left the place (last place to hand my notice at FYI!).

Noted.

[Mich the Tester]

There are some variables that I completely ignore, such as whether it will look good on my CV. Does anyone GAS about that?

Given the luxury of choice, yes; seeing as I'm doing more industrial stuff now and less administrative systems there are certain companies here in NL that are very good to have on my CV. But if the chips are down and I really need a gig then no.

[psychocandy]

Best people/management
One before this at NHS. Cracking bunch of people. Really friendly.

Worse people/management
One last summer. PM asked us to work 6am-3pm one week, 2pm-10pm next week in rota. Fair enough. Then went nuts when some of us refused to do 6pm meeting (when on early shift).

Current client is not the best. Open plan office full of people talking bollacks or bitching about each other behind their backs.

Best rate
Same one last summer. Asked us to work 12 hrs and nights/weekends. But added multiples to day rate so sunday night was something like 3.5x daily rate. kerching!

Worst rate
Unfortiunately, NHS one. REALLY bad.

[d000hg]

My best one has to be the one I'm in now. No, really
Working in the nuclear industry in a busy project-engineering environment staffed completely by contractors all with a positive, forward thinking mentality. Great place.

The nuclear industry seems to me like one place you might not want forward-thinking enthusiastic people, but very very dull conservative-follow-the-procedure-no-matter-what-cross-every-i-dot-every-t-types

[psychocandy]

Best gigs are the ones where you are treated with the most respect and valued for your knowledge/skills as well as having some interesting work to do. I'd have to say current gig + my first gig at Radbroke is where I have found that to be the case. First time at Radbroke another contractor got terminated with his work being passed on to me, current gig I am last contractor still working on the solution.

Worst gig by a country mile was with a media company in wythenshawe. Never imagined such treatment was possible and was very happy the minute I left the place (last place to hand my notice at FYI!).

Details ?

[MojoDog]

The nuclear industry seems to me like one place you might not want forward-thinking enthusiastic people, but very very dull conservative-follow-the-procedure-no-matter-what-cross-every-i-dot-every-t-types

There is an element of that but this project is installing new engineering systems and part of the challenge is to do so while complying with the dull (yet vital) procedures.

[speling bee]

There is an element of that but this project is installing new engineering systems and part of the challenge is to do so while complying with the dull (yet vital) procedures.

Can't you just wing it?

[GlenW]

The nuclear industry seems to me like one place you might not want forward-thinking enthusiastic people, but very very dull conservative-follow-the-procedure-no-matter-what-cross-every-i-dot-every-t-types

I'd rather they crossed every 't' and dotted every 'i', but that might just mean I am a coward.

[speling bee]

I'd rather they crossed every 't' and dotted every 'i', but that might just mean I am a coward.

I'd rather they dotted every 't' and crossed every 'i', but that might just mean I am bored.

[GlenW]

I'd rather they dotted every 't' and crossed every 'i', but that might just mean I am bored.

They do that in the Japanese nuclear industry I believe.