Permie at crossroads...
...gets run over by a big lorry for being an indecisive plank.
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Yes, but Jabberwocky is still a Benny, the indefinite article, so to speak.
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Originally posted by FleetwoodAs for the notice period, this can be reduced to nothing by one of the following methods. There are no doubt others.
a) Have a tommy at work under the desk.
b) Call your boss a seeyouenntee.
c) Touch a secretary's pert young breasts.
d) Ostentatiously read a newspaper/a copy of Big Ones Special Older Woman/La Philosophie dans le Boudoir (delete as appropriate) all day long until marched from premises.
My advice to you Mr P. is resign and JFDI.
hth
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Oi've never seen Permie at the crossroads... nice Miss Diane says she's seen Ken Dodd but never seen no permie.. an she should know
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Originally posted by Fleetwoodagency's
F in "We did this yesterday" mode
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Originally posted by Fleetwoodc) Touch a secretary's pert young breasts.
hth
Excuse I'm off to touch etc... May be some time.
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It's in the agencies interest
F in "We did this yesterday" mode
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As for the notice period, this can be reduced to nothing by one of the following methods. There are no doubt others.
a) Have a tommy at work under the desk.
b) Call your boss a seeyouenntee.
c) Touch a secretary's pert young breasts.
d) Ostentatiously read a newspaper/a copy of Big Ones Special Older Woman/La Philosophie dans le Boudoir (delete as appropriate) all day long until marched from premises.
My advice to you Mr P. is resign and JFDI.
hth
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Alternatively, and this is just a wild, out of the blue, top of my head suggestion......
Talk to your current employer and talk to the agency.
Get the contract offer first, dont commit to a firm start date at the interview, just say you need to confirm dates, if pressed tell them 6 weeks. Then wait for the offer and accept it.
Work out how much leave you have left, work out where that leaves your notice period and then knock of another couple of weeks. You're aiming for 6 weeks or less.
Talk to your boss and tell them you are leaving. Hand in your resignation letter with your target date in it. Tell them that your new job requires you to start as soon as possible and that you'd like to leave on the date you worked out earlier. If they say yes, no problem. If they say no ask them when they will let you leave, but be clear that unless they come up with a new date within a reasonable time you will still go on the day you proposed.
Now tell the agency you will be available on the working day after the date you have agreed with your boss. It's in the agencies interest to negotiate with the client and keep them sweet so they get their money.
As long as you talk to the parties involved and negotiate then a three month notice period is not really a problem. The process above worked for me, three months notice became 6 weeks everyone was happy.
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Why ring up?
There is no need to play games with them.
If you have to give 3 months notice then you can get out of that easy.
Get your contract sorted and signed up, make sure the Agency has to pay you weekly. Say you need it as you’re a first timer and because you’re going to:
Tell your permie company your off and pay them the remainder of your perm notice off so, you can leave straight away!
You can afford to do this as of course you now have a nice new contact. Make sure it's six months so, you can adapt to contracting easier.
This way you leave on better terms than a nervous wreck, telling them it was too good an opportunity to turn down. Once in a lifetime and so on.
You never know, in six months you maybe able to return as a contractor. Never upset future clients
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Originally posted by janeyOr in my case Powerbuilder! now there is a dying art!
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Originally posted by Gold DalekNo point in following the herd... .NET market will soon be flooded with cheap as chips Indians/ East Europeans etc....niche markets are where the serious stability / money is... best learn COBOL for a long term future
HTH
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Originally posted by janeyone thing is for sure... there are an abundance of job web sites to enter ".NET" into the search and hey presto you've answered your own question!!
*janey in "oh god not this question again" mode*
HTH
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