Reply to: Contract from hell

[LHM]

As it turns out the OP is a lady, I'll temper my comments (a little )

But the fact remains contracting isnt (obviously) permiedom. Things are different. You can be the serf or the lowest of the low. You need to roll up your sleeves and get on with it and no whinging. Quite often the 'job' you thought you'd be doing, isnt.

People coming into contract should be aware of that.

No need really - you are right tbf. I knew it was going to be tough, first night nerves kicking in I guess, am over it now - largely because I posted on here, and was reminded of the hard facts, and that it's the norm!

[SueEllen]

As it turns out the OP is a lady, I'll temper my comments (a little )

No need to be less straight with your words because the OP is female.

You were on Mumsnet after all.....

[LondonManc]

Are you man enough to deal with it and continue to invoice or do you want to voluntarily put yourself on the bench with no income?

Purely a personal choice this one. Do what YOU can cope with.

Oops.

[BolshieBastard]

As it turns out the OP is a lady, I'll temper my comments (a little )

But the fact remains contracting isnt (obviously) permiedom. Things are different. You can be the serf or the lowest of the low. You need to roll up your sleeves and get on with it and no whinging. Quite often the 'job' you thought you'd be doing, isnt.

People coming into contract should be aware of that.

[OnceStonedRose]

Leg it.

[WTFH]

*her

Make sure you don't say anything positive about her in case she slices up your balls.

[psychocandy]

*her

They'll all start being nice to you now LHM

[psychocandy]

Harsh!? Newbie contractor crying on a forum about their first contract after a week? Oh please!

Be nice mun thats all

[LHM]

Could be worse, you could give him some feedback.

*her

[Elliegirl]

You don't attend them, do you?

I find they coincide with my hair washing sessions.

[Elliegirl]

Haha love this. Thank you. Up and at 'em I go!!!

Excellent, glad I and others could help.

And ignore the guff about growing a pair, man up, etc etc. Some people have too much time on their hands.

[SueEllen]

Harsh!? Newbie contractor crying on a forum about their first contract after a week? Oh please!

To be fair some people came to contracting from nice employers so it's a shock to them to find lots of companies have a***holes in management positions.

[BolshieBastard]

Harsh mun Bolshie. And not helping the guy is it?

Harsh!? Newbie contractor crying on a forum about their first contract after a week? Oh please!

[SlipTheJab]

Ditto, my current 3 month contract has been a mind numbing nightmare (nothing wrong with the people, just that there is so little work and what there is very tiresome to do, coupled with loads of red tape). Still they're paying me and I'm doing the work. My solution? Find a new contract to start when this one ends and decline the renewal, simples.

[uk contractor]

Most contracts sooner or later are from hell its how the business cycle works if you contract long enough at different clients you realise this & suck it all up or go back to being a permie !