Reply to: Kabooom!!!

[Bellona]

Well done both!

I second that

[hyperD]

You can if you want. Survived the first day.

Well done.

As it happens I also got my start date confirmed for Monday!
Looking forward to it now after something like 10 weeks sat at home.

Well done both!

[CheeseSlice]

You can if you want. Survived the first day.

Well done.

As it happens I also got my start date confirmed for Monday!
Looking forward to it now after something like 10 weeks sat at home.

[pmeswani]

Can I say now??!?!?!?!?

If not, once again

Seriously pmeswani, I hope you get the gig!

You can if you want. Survived the first day.

[hyperD]

Well it looks like I am starting tomorrow...

Can I say now??!?!?!?!?

If not, once again

Seriously pmeswani, I hope you get the gig!

[NickFitz]

Well it looks like I am starting tomorrow...

Take 2:

[CheeseSlice]

Well it looks like I am starting tomorrow...

[CheeseSlice]

I though Tie Rack was closing as people didn't need ties anymore?

I usually wear a tie for at least the first week until I feel the coast is clear.

At the last contract everyone was dressed so scruffy that I had to stop wearing a tie when the guy who hired me actually started to smarten himself up. The type of office where only the most senior managers normally wear a suit.

[eek]

Well it looks like I am starting tomorrow...

[pmeswani]

Well it looks like I am starting tomorrow...

[MPwannadecentincome]

well done - hope they get you started soon, I am sure it will work out if they want you.

re-learn how to tie that tie.

I though Tie Rack was closing as people didn't need ties anymore?

[Bunk]

Well, I had another agency asking if I am available for an interview. I told them frankly that I am in a contract that is currently in limbo and that I will get back to them as soon as I know (before Friday). I have told the consulting / resourcing company that I have been asked to attend another interview and that I need to know where I stand. It may be a bad move on my part, but as it stands, I need to force the issue and either get them to release me from the contract, or get me on site.

I would have told them you were available. If the other lot get their act together then you can always cancel the interview. As soon as you said you were in contract your CV will have gone in the bin I'm afraid.

If you have an interview and it turns into a gig, don't ask the first lot to cancel the contract, tell them that the indefinite delay to the start date is a breach of the contract and you're terminating it. It shouldn't be a one-sided relationship where they hold all the power.

[pmeswani]

FTFY



Have a - congrats on getting the role!

Unfortunately I don't have the option to terminate in the contract, so I will push them to terminate the contract, via mutual agreement.

[DirtyDog]

There is a point at which I will walk away. If I am not onsite by Monday, I will ask for the contract to be terminatedterminate the contract will immediate effect so that I am free to look elsewhere without having a question mark over my head.

FTFY

And yep, it is surprising how many people haven't read the thread yet.

Have a - congrats on getting the role!

[pmeswani]

Kabooom!!!

I would follow your logic up to the point things go wrong. I was offered the current contract and once I accepted it I cancelled the other interviews.

If however I wasn't on site on the first agreed start date due to their mistake my loyalty would be gone and I would be interviewing.

If you sit there waiting how long are you going to wait for? A day or a week or a month.... Very quickly you are looking at a large gap on your CV and no money in the bank account....

In other news its remarkable how many other people still haven't read the entire thread..

There is a point at which I will walk away. If I am not onsite by Monday, I will ask for the contract to be terminated so that I am free to look elsewhere without having a question mark over my head.

And yep, it is surprising how many people haven't read the thread yet.