Working too fast?

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Fleetwood replied

10 May 2006, 09:45
Confucius the contractor he say :
"If you're given ten days to do a task, take nine days to do it and you're a hero, take eleven days to do it and you're a bozo."
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PRC1964 replied

10 May 2006, 09:28
My current contract (3 monther) has so little real work that I'd done it all within the first week.

The secret is to release it to the client in small batches over the duration of the contract. This leaves plenty of time for other activities and allows the PM to think he had it all perfectly planned.
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threaded replied

10 May 2006, 09:07
Originally posted by Spacecadet

Can you work too fast or hard on a contract?

Yes

Is it shooting yourself in the foot?

Absolutely, you p1ss off the PM as his timescales are shown to be wrong, which is a career limiting thing to happen for them, and generally it is the PM who signs the timesheets

Answers please

No problemo.
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Bagpuss replied

10 May 2006, 08:54
Is it better to get the job done quickly and have nothing to do? Or pace yourself and keep everyone sweet?

I blame New Labour and Blue Labour and The Liberals in case you wondered
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Lucifer Box replied

10 May 2006, 08:52
Sometimes I work so fast that I become invisible and my colleagues can't see me. A bit like those blokes in Star Trek. Zeitghost will have the details.
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TheMonkey replied

10 May 2006, 08:37
I tend to finish exactly on time.

If you have to work hard then you've screwed up either with the negotiation or managing the work. I rarely work "hard" as I don't want to set a standard (my productivity is nearly 200% of the permie scum as I've not been demoralised into the pitiful slog whilst on a contract).
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Bovvered replied

10 May 2006, 06:51
Don't know what projects some people work on but 80% of my contracts are balls to the wall big scale systems with not much time for reading CUK.
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n3il123 replied

9 May 2006, 20:07
well on the contract that I am in at the moment it seems the slower you go the happier the pm is.. but then she is a contractor too.. saves searching jobserve I guess..
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el duder replied

9 May 2006, 19:55
faster?

not on my current contract, the faster the better...

even if it does mean sacrificing quality. he just dont give too ****s.
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Spacecadet started a topic Working too fast?

9 May 2006, 19:41
Working too fast?

Can you work too fast or hard on a contract?

Is it shooting yourself in the foot?

Answers please
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