Reply to: What would you do?

[DS23]

It's live and full of bugs.

indeed. r12 is live but there's a huge number of clients waiting to take the leap.

Full of bugs which need to be coded around

exact.

Fusion is coming.

looking forward to it.

[TheFaQQer]

It's live and full of bugs. Fusion is coming.

Full of bugs which need to be coded around

[oracleslave]

- r12 is coming!

It's live and full of bugs. Fusion is coming.

[DS23]

if state of warchest is good (year>) walk. breathe air, enjoy life, improve plan b until new contract appears. they will - r12 is coming!

if state of warchest is not good (<year) stay. suck it in, head down. kerching.


i'm assuming warchest is good and you are gone.

[TheFaQQer]

When you don't care anymore - that's when you can negotiate. Decide what it would take to stay - 50% more pay? 50% fewer hours with the same daily?

Then quit if you don't get it.

That's the theory - I can "blame" the required increase on the two-year rule and bump up the rate accordingly. I'd be astounded if they pay more (consultancy is cutting all rates apart from on this project), but it's a hiding to nothing - match the rate or I'll go.

That said, I have nothing in writing yet for an extension, so I may be the exception to the "everyone has been extended" rule - I was on holiday when it was announced, so maybe it was "everyone here has been extended. Thank f*** that useless sod that does nothing all day and fleeces us for it is on holiday..."

[NotAllThere]

When you don't care anymore - that's when you can negotiate. Decide what it would take to stay - 50% more pay? 50% fewer hours with the same daily?

Then quit if you don't get it.

[oracleslave]

I now hide a newspaper in the gents so I can hide there for a bit. For a while I had to be escorted round the building, so absolutely no space for hiding...

I take it you have already decided to walk?

[TheFaQQer]

start disappearing to meeting in different parts of the building, and find some secluded nook to hide in?

I now hide a newspaper in the gents so I can hide there for a bit. For a while I had to be escorted round the building, so absolutely no space for hiding...

[jmo21]

Not the usual toolset, a tiny, tiny subset.



No chance - it's a way away from the "normal" work that I do.



No - very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.



very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.

that sucks!

start bringing in books?

start disappearing to meeting in different parts of the building, and find some secluded nook to hide in?

[BrilloPad]

Not the usual toolset, a tiny, tiny subset.



No chance - it's a way away from the "normal" work that I do.



No - very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.



very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.

So what have you decided on?

[TheFaQQer]

do you have all your normal coding tools?

Not the usual toolset, a tiny, tiny subset.

If you are able to get any new tools installed, get them on and learn them.

No chance - it's a way away from the "normal" work that I do.

Could you ask to work from home? make that contingent in the extension?

No - very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.

what kind of place is it that doesn't give you web access?

very secure site that won't allow that kind of thing.

[oracleslave]

Absolutely not. I already know what I'm going to do, I just wondered what the experts thought.

[jmo21]

do you have all your normal coding tools?

start building your own stuff, practice things you haven't worked on before.

If you are able to get any new tools installed, get them on and learn them.

Could you ask to work from home? make that contingent in the extension?

what kind of place is it that doesn't give you web access?

[TheFaQQer]

Are the results of the poll binding?

Absolutely not. I already know what I'm going to do, I just wondered what the experts thought.

[TheFaQQer]

Out of interest, is this a public sector or private sector gig?

I'd be interested in which clients have money to burn on contractors that don't do anything. I'd fit right in there.

Public sector.

Kerching.