Reply to: Being perm for few months while searching for contract

[vwdan]

Then you thought very, very wrong.

Haha, fair. I do sincerely stand by what I said though - I'd be very careful pissing too many people off in this industry.

Case in point from literally two weeks ago. Currently working in the Midlands with a new client (IT Company), went out for drinks with them and one of their ex-employees who is now living down South came out. He looked a bit familiar, but I couldn't place him - eventually we get chatting and it turns out he works for a company (IT Company) that's done some consultancy for my last client (Non IT), up North. We must have met briefly in passing, but he knew my name as soon as I said it from seeing it over old Client Co docs etc.

In other words, this random bloke is in contact with both the person who hired me at current client and my last client, and he himself also works for the type of company that might also engage me. By pissing off either of those clients, I could have potentially acquired a bad reputation in 2 other potential clients.

[billybiro]

Ah, sorry, I thought I was on a forum full of high quality specialists not rank and file computer fixers.

Then you thought very, very wrong.

[BR14]

Ah, sorry, I thought I was on a forum full of high quality specialists not rank and file computer fixers. Believe what you want and do what you want, but I've walked into several contracts up and down the country to see people I've met, or it's come up that we have mutual contacts etc. That's certainly how it is in my world, and I'd expect similar in any specialist roles. My reputation is everything and keeping as many people as you can onside should be your #1 tool in contracting.

Yes, every single company has some component of IT. But proportionally, not that many will have any form of in-house IT beyond a technician and of those who do not that many will be at any kind of consultancy level. Even fewer will have proper in-house specialists and those who outsource will go to a fairly small pool of names.

As I say, though, you do you. If you want to waste peoples times and take jobs you know you don't want, that's entirely up to you.

hear, hear!

[vwdan]

Codswallop. IT is the de-facto way the wheels of business are greased these days and IT now has a home in every single company, irrespective of industry.

All this scaremongering of "IT isn't that big" is rubbish. IT is as big as the whole world of business.

Ah, sorry, I thought I was on a forum full of high quality specialists not rank and file computer fixers. Believe what you want and do what you want, but I've walked into several contracts up and down the country to see people I've met, or it's come up that we have mutual contacts etc. That's certainly how it is in my world, and I'd expect similar in any specialist roles. My reputation is everything and keeping as many people as you can onside should be your #1 tool in contracting.

Yes, every single company has some component of IT. But proportionally, not that many will have any form of in-house IT beyond a technician and of those who do not that many will be at any kind of consultancy level. Even fewer will have proper in-house specialists and those who outsource will go to a fairly small pool of names.

As I say, though, you do you. If you want to waste peoples times and take jobs you know you don't want, that's entirely up to you.

[Whorty]

To add my 2 pennies ... you can do this, but be careful the agency you screw over isn't one you want to work with again at a later date. They may not trust you again so if it's a small agent who doesn't have many roles then fine, but if it's a big player in your skill area then it may not be a good move.

[Eirikur]

Codswallop. IT is the de-facto way the wheels of business are greased these days and IT now has a home in every single company, irrespective of industry.

All this scaremongering of "IT isn't that big" is rubbish. IT is as big as the whole world of business.

Exactly

[billybiro]

The IT World isn't that big and you don't want a reputation for being insincere in taking jobs.

Codswallop. IT is the de-facto way the wheels of business are greased these days and IT now has a home in every single company, irrespective of industry.

All this scaremongering of "IT isn't that big" is rubbish. IT is as big as the whole world of business.

[BR14]

No it's not.

When is it then?

[northernladuk]

it's Thursday

No it's not.

[BR14]

Eh?

it's Thursday

[northernladuk]

what?

Eh?

[BR14]

Called it!

what?

[northernladuk]

Called it!

[cojak]

Well it’s an infraction from me.

[cojak]

off/
Have you read all his posts to say that? I notice you track what people said years/months ago and try to link the posts to result in a situation that you fancy. I feel sorry for you, really, get a life!

All the regulars do that, it’s to deal with time-wasters.

I have posts logged going back to 2009.

As a mod I await your response to that with interest...