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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Thank you all for your advice, guys. I definitely have quite a bit to think about and reflect on! It really helps getting perspective from all your comments. For the time being, as some of you have said I'll just "man up" and take all your comments onboard for this contract and future ones :)- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Yeah, I did my research on that before I signed. There's nothing on paper about this whole 'who is the manager' as well as becoming a permit (which I was never going to do regardless, I only said I'd consider it as I needed the gig). My contract gets extended -aka new contract- every month. It...- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Yeah, there is a very particular dynamic here, their intention is to make me permanent at some point (which I clearly don't want, specially now) but since it's my first contract I really don't have much to compare with from experience, no matter how much I've read in CUK etc- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Well, as you right highlighted before, there are more facts - I just didn't want to write a very very long text. Funnily enough I'm more senior than he is, older and I'm supposed to be his manager (mentioned by the CEO himself in our presence) although because of the size of the business it...- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Actually, all this brings me to my next question which is, what's "acceptable" and what's not in a contracting environment regarding to how other contractors can treat you? I've had to hear "just do it right" whilst raising voice or "I don't think you were trying your best" when trying to find...- TheDev
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Yeah, I think all comments are valid and very positive really. Looking back into my thought chain, all those questions are constantly in the back of my mind, which made me realise how I posted this asking for one kind of solution, when really, rather than dealing with the problem is avoiding...- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Yeah, more than anything I guess it's just personality clash - which is a shame because he is very talented. Thanks for the link! :)- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Haha thanks for that. That's what I've been telling myself quite a few times, and you are right, he wants to be top dog. But sometimes not even looking at the invoices help as you might know, maybe it's just me not used to contracting yet! Thank you very much for the advice :)- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
That's actually very useful, so thanks for your comment. In the past I've been permanent to then run my own startup, so all those environments and the way you deal with this kind of conflict is very different, really. Really appreciated and I will take this onboard!- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Well, it was unprofessional behaviour so I raised it with my line manager, who then pulled the CEO in. It's a small business anyway, but I felt the need of someone else to address it, whilst also explain my version of the events. It wasn't a blame game, but a "let's figure out the problem, be...- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Thank you very much for your help, guys - really appreciated. In terms of "growing some" the thing is we've already had that discussion with the other dev, our line manager and the CEO in the room where I brought his attitude up (after he had very unprofessional behaviour once) and even though...- TheDev
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How to proceed with a conflictive team
Hi everyone! I'll use this opportunity to introduce myself, new to the forum and having been a contractor on the same placement for five months now, even though it was an original agreement for two. Over the last couple months another dev/contractor was hired to join me as a team and both take...- TheDev
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