Reply to: What’s your motivation?

[MonkeysUncle]

Oh, they'll make sure.

Richard Wiseman was one of my lecturers at Uni....interesting guy...interesting course tbh

[GreenMirror]

Oh, they'll make sure.

I should not have taken that new job at the wirral shooting range.....

[NotAllThere]

Just as long as they make sure I am dead first.....

Oh, they'll make sure.

[GreenMirror]

I intend to die at my desk. They can dispose of my body as they wish. Medical science if they want.

Just as long as they make sure I am dead first.....

[vwdan]

100% the cash.

I *could* ditch and leave, but then it means my personal life goals are that little bit further away.

[WTFH]

the motivation to get out of bed on a weekday morning is getting steadily harder...

The Wife (tm) sometimes says something similar, but not as frequently now as she used to.

[b0redom]

It's absolutely soul-destroying, has really dented my confidence and made me feel a bit depressed.

So long post, but yeah, it's invoice day tomorrow...

Get an account with one of the online training companies, and smash through some certifications.

[TwoWolves]

I'm working on a Scala project at the moment.

I can make the hours rush past by looking for every super ingenious way to make my code ever slicker. The language begs you to do it.

[fiisch]

Christ, the motivation to get out of bed on a weekday morning is getting steadily harder...

For the last three years, spanning three different companies, I've worked as a BA and on each occasion workload has been virtually non-existent, to the point that I actually think the job of a Business Analyst is to sit there and look busy.

Each time a major takeover has been a primary factor in the lack of workload (I always seem to be on the side of being taken over) - currently four months into a six month gig, company takeover was announced just before I started, and I've done about a week's work total. I don't even get emails, nothing that I can spin up into more work, just sat there playing with the test system.

I know a proper contractor would leave, but perversely they've just offered a renewal. I don't leave as:

1). This is my first proper contract role, so I don't have much of a warchest;
2). Potentially, if I don't get canned once the takeover goes through, there is the potential for some exposure to really exciting projects for a market leader;
3). It's a nice place to work, and the people are very nice (maybe something to do with everybody having **** all to do).

It's absolutely soul-destroying, has really dented my confidence and made me feel a bit depressed.

So long post, but yeah, it's invoice day tomorrow...

[AtW]

I think "it could be worse, I could be Wilmslow".

<<canned laughter>>

WBPS

[BR14]

Money. Take it 1 day at a time. You can usually manage 1 more billable day. Rinse and repeat.

Also start doing shorter days. I do 2 x 7.5 hour days and 2 x 7 hour days and that's plenty. If they're that bothered, they can bimnm but they'll probably have a word first.

yeh, not that many ex-mothercare security people left now, eh?

[Old Greg]

Money. Take it 1 day at a time. You can usually manage 1 more billable day. Rinse and repeat.

Also start doing shorter days. I do 2 x 7.5 hour days and 2 x 7 hour days and that's plenty. If they're that bothered, they can bimnm but they'll probably have a word first.

[WTFH]

Divorce settlements

FTFY

[GreenMirror]

I think "it could be worse, I could be Wilmslow".

<<canned laughter>>

[Halo Jones]

Yeah, it's shocking really, life is short and I'm basically watching it go by out the window.

But, need the pennies to do the fun stuff

+1

We work so we can live, I am lucky in that I mostly enjoy my work