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Previously on "Contract extension grass-is-greener syndrome"
It was part of AB Electronics on the Gellihirion estate, namely the Wolsey Comcare bit, concerned with alarm telephones for the elderly & infirm.
It was ok.
Ah Rhydyfelin.....
Funnily enough I went to school there too and lived not quite on but near Glyntaff Farm estate - one of the worst in Europe apparently. Probably posh now.
I'm curious - what kind of work / contract was it? Can't imagine Ponty having much in the way of contracts there but would be pleasantly surprised (and amazed!) if there was anything there I could look at..
Nah nor me. Arse end of nowhere it is Im afraid.
University maybe? GE (but thats nantgarw not ponty)?
Couple of IT companies nantgarw end as well?
I wanted to bail after 6 months, but then the permie left so I felt a bit stuck.
And it was easily commutable from Neath, being in Pontypridd.
So I stuck around until it closed.
I'm curious - what kind of work / contract was it? Can't imagine Ponty having much in the way of contracts there but would be pleasantly surprised (and amazed!) if there was anything there I could look at..
Maybe you just need a holiday? I find a few days off work a treat.
If you can secure another good contract before leaving then go, but don't leave yourself adrift without something on the horizon. Bird in the hand and all that.
But at least you're not training offshore chappies (or r u?)
I'm also thinking about abandoning ship - manager is promising a new shiny project; however the old project updates are now immediately going to some bobs in the middle east (they're not always from dia) No way in hell they're going to get there without serious hand holding. the realisation dawned that maybe the *new* project is just a ruse and when the new cheaper bods are running they will can me on the week's notice thing. the extension is for a few months (on paper). once they know the old project they will be able to grasp the new one effectively making my more expensive ass redundant (its related). they are irritatingly super keen.
I dislike having to train new people for my role (I shouldn't - i know- but it sticks). BUT mainly cos its boring and I will be doing little dev which isn't great for my skillset. I just have a bad feeling in my gut that once the handover is sorted I will be packed off - clearly the new guys are FAR cheaper than my onshore resource, and I really think the manager's endgame is to save money and get the new guys in quicksmart. I think he said a few mths just to get me to stay - he admitted we need to transfer knowledge.
Cynic or pragmatic?
Anyone else been left to train the offshore dudes and find themselves benched sooner than they thought?
I can only describe it as cabin fever, if it's not the permies being miserable as their next restructure starts to bite, it's the reality that despite the money you're getting homesick and there's only so many pub dinners you can manage
What he said.
Nothing at all wrong with my contract, and I know I am lucky to have it. Great client, same-ish work. okay rate, nice landlady. But oh I dunno...
On the subject of clients, I think those in the telecoms sector are more friendly than others.
I'm on my 6th extension, with possibly a 7th coming up, I've managed to stay out of client politics, negotiate some home working, but still the urge to move is strong in this one
I can only describe it as cabin fever, if it's not the permies being miserable as their next restructure starts to bite, it's the reality that despite the money you're getting homesick and there's only so many pub dinners you can manage
I'm the same. The only downside for me is the five hundred mile round trip every weekend.
Also, the longer one stays at the same place the more one's unused skills rust, and the less chance there is to learn new things
I'm on my 6th extension, with possibly a 7th coming up, I've managed to stay out of client politics, negotiate some home working, but still the urge to move is strong in this one
I can only describe it as cabin fever, if it's not the permies being miserable as their next restructure starts to bite, it's the reality that despite the money you're getting homesick and there's only so many pub dinners you can manage
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