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Previously on "Ever felt like you are being made a scapegoat!!"

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  • nomadd
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    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
    Was given notice a week ago, and now the Team Lead is getting sh1tty about what has been done or not as the case maybe.

    This is mainly because the senior management didn't know where they wanted to go.

    Decommission, don't decomission, Decomission, Oh no we'll rewrite some it in C#.
    Deep breaths. Stay calm. Thank god it will all soon be over. We've all been there as contractors. Not often, but we've been there. Sounds corny, I know, but just keep thinking of the invoices.

    As regards work that was/wasn't done, just refer them to the requirements documentation they didn't write.

    I went through something similar to this at my previous site. Four weeks out, it was all looking rather horrid. I made a vow to document every single thing I did for the remainder of the contract, and deliver a "work log" to the team lead at the end of every single day until the end. That actually worked out pretty well, as it caught them off-guard. Contract actually ended up finishing on reasonably good terms, which was a surprise. Oh, and informing them I had another contract sorted out a week after they had given notice - on a much higher rate - was an absolute joy.

    So, my advice is to just keep it calm and professional to the end. Then be glad you never have to set foot in the place again.
    Last edited by nomadd; 22 December 2010, 22:23.

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  • Svalbaard
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    Don't take it personally. If they were serious then they would have made more of an effort with Project, Requirements and Change management.

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  • Sausage Surprise
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    As you've been given notice just be totally tulipty to them as well...

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  • Scrag Meister
    started a topic Ever felt like you are being made a scapegoat!!

    Ever felt like you are being made a scapegoat!!

    Was given notice a week ago, and now the Team Lead is getting sh1tty about what has been done or not as the case maybe.

    This is mainly because the senior management didn't know where they wanted to go.

    Decommission, don't decomission, Decomission, Oh no we'll rewrite some it in C#.

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