Reply to: Walking off the contract..

[wc2]

This worked for me.

I needed to get out of a crap contract quickly. - Much Better offer

I was contracted via an agency to Computer centre working for a finance house.

I'd been there 3 weeks and got to know the client quite well.

I rang the agent and told them I wanted to leave in 1 week.

Agent Rang Computer centre - Computer centre said no way - even offered a pay rise.

The old pimp way they will sue us we'll sue you - Blah de blah.

I thought for about 5mins and decided I wanted the other contract more.

I rang the agent - got him to repeat the we'll sue you part - then pulled the ace card.

Me - "So you’re going to sue me if I leave on Friday"
Pimp "Yes"
Me - "If you sue me your not going to pay me for the work I've already done are you"
Pimp - Thinking He's in winning mode "That's right"
Me - "Okay. I'm walking off site right now"
Pimp - In oh feck mode "Please don't do anything for 10 mins"
Me - "Okay"
Pimp 5 mins later "No worries, It's all good for you to leave on Friday"
Me - "Great"

[Fleetwood]

I'll take a 6-figure job in London. Where do you find them???

[sasguru]

Life's fuking awful, J. Mme. Fleetwood wants a divorce and I haven't worked in 6 months. Change the name of our last contract, there's a good chap. You'll blow my cover. How are K and little M? Did K sell her house and move in with you in the end?
As for the pointy-clicky languages you're on about, forget it. I'm a mainframe dinosaur, you know that.

Well Mr. F. There are plenty of 6-figure jobs, at least in London.

[Fleetwood]

You still in the hunt for a contract/proper job ?

I recommend that you start learning Ruby then Ruby on Rails i.e.

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
http://www.rubyonrails.org/

Apart from that, sorry to hear that the M*sterc*rd number was up, that was a nice little earner.

Life good ?

Life's fuking awful, J. Mme. Fleetwood wants a divorce and I haven't worked in 6 months. Change the name of our last contract, there's a good chap. You'll blow my cover. How are K and little M? Did K sell her house and move in with you in the end?
As for the pointy-clicky languages you're on about, forget it. I'm a mainframe dinosaur, you know that.

[partimer]

identity

So El Duder is Spriteboy ?

Aren't you glad that you took our (the board's) advice and went abroad ? Go on give us some good stories about the long nights on the "piste"

On to your original post, if you want to appear professional, walking out isn't the way to go. Unless it's making you ill, fight for your professional integrity ... You may want to work for some of those managers again some day.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Yes and I actually agree with your point!


el duder, it is a jungle out there, look after yourself.

Wasnt it Bob Hope who said in a speech to some college kids...

Its a jungle out there ... dont go there !

[doug_walters]

Fleetwood walking

I walked once, after two weeks. It doesn't appear on my CV.
hth

You still in the hunt for a contract/proper job ?

I recommend that you start learning Ruby then Ruby on Rails i.e.

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
http://www.rubyonrails.org/

Apart from that, sorry to hear that the M*sterc*rd number was up, that was a nice little earner.

Life good ?

[Fleetwood]

I walked once, after two weeks. It doesn't appear on my CV.
hth

[Shimano105]

I've only ever walked once - and that was after 2 weeks - and in my only permie job since '94.

If it ain't what they say it is, why waste your time and theirs?

I actually managed to leave on good terms as well.

[Rebecca Loos]

thank you sasguru! Much better

El Duder, think of it in a Chico frame of mind: the other offer was just there to tempt you. Will you succomb to the evil of temptation? By refusing to, you are making yourself a stronger person and this will in turn ensure you have the steel to face the demons inherent to your current contract and vanquish them.
OK back to normal
Think of it as an opportunity to see for yourself what you're made of. After all you are still getting paid, hopefully a decent rate, so you are learning and earning at the same time.

[milanbenes]

Willy,

maybe don't take it all so seriously

also, got any more photo's of your recent conquests ?

how was it in the mountains, servicing all the chalet girls ?

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

no harm in finding out whats happening.

but your right, and i no deep down that was what i was going to do anyway.

i jsut didnt want to get to the state where unessecary blame is pushed onto people and people gettign sacked. in times like these, people want to push the blame onto someone else very quickly. soemthing i was exposed to in my first 4days on the project. I wanted to stay above or ahead of that.

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FFS.

Fleetward.

[jenever]

Sometimes a project looks like hell at first but after a while you find your feet and start to have a bit more control over it.

Tough it out a while - the option to quit is always there. I've never had a problem with 3-5 month gaps in the cv so you have nothing to lose.

In the meantime think positively, like about how many cans of Sprite you are earning an hour.

[sasguru]

i have decided to stay put, and re-assess in 3months.

im still speaking with the 'other client' and seeing what the deal is on the other contract anyways as a backup.

no harm in finding out whats happening.

but your right, and i no deep down that was what i was going to do anyway.

i jsut didnt want to get to the state where unessecary blame is pushed onto people and people gettign sacked. in times like these, people want to push the blame onto someone else very quickly. soemthing i was exposed to in my first 4days on the project. I wanted to stay above or ahead of that.

that was my reason for thinking of walking.

An ideal situation to develop your political skills, methinks

[sasguru]

Apologies Rebecca. That should have read:

The man/woman who battles through the furnace becomes steel.