Comments on: Job situation

By: Joe Serdakowski

Joe Serdakowski — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:32:51 +0000

Great example of the Golden Rule “The guy with the gold makes the rules”.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:31:53 +0000

Its not so much the obvious practicalities, its what it indicates about their underlying motives. And their contempt for the contract.
The agent said to me, I can’t give notice to show commitment – so I asked if the client would show to same commitment and have the same no notice option. guess what? no.
I just know there will be a 10-20% pay cut one day (to start the following day!) as soon as someone realises just how messed up the eurozone is.

By: MKP

MKP — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:26:43 +0000

I have always wondered which company would be stupid enough to try to force an unhappy contractor to work their notice period on their business critical systems? More to the point…they can make you be there but they can’t make you think! And unless they write actual performance measures in the contract then they can’t not pay you either!

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:37:28 +0000

My main concern is having a contract that does not reflect the commercial reality of the relationship. That and the extreme commitment disparity. I can’t imagine its a productive environment to do your best work in.
Luckily there are still plenty of reasonable clients and agencies.

By: sysmod

sysmod — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:53:19 +0000

I take it your main concern is not being able to leave a bad workplace.
What’s the penalty for breaching the contract?
The alternatives are:
The civil service method: underperform or work to rule (no overtime)
The prima donna method: be aggressive in demands for standards from them