Contracting
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Next Tuesday will mark a year that I’ve been in my six-month contract. For the first few months or so I didn’t have a whole lot to do. It took the client the better part of a month to send me a laptop so during that time I was able to download and learn how to use a component that I would be using for the project I was hired to do. Near my six months on the job I was made part of another team at the same client. Now I’m staying pretty busy but every once in a while I have some dead time.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Christian, Based on your comments on the thread, I'd be looking for a way to protect the $1k a day. Come up with a short (or long) list of proposed improvements, feature adds, etc. Being paid, I don't see the loss in spending time developing a plan for the client. I'd also have concerns about that amount not flying under the company radar and losing a nice check. Let your creativity flow and wow the heck out of them. It's worth a shot if that is what you want to keep doing. That's good money for an 'open' type of contract. If you create the need, and can get a renewal, you'd still have a good deal that wouldn't be forcing you to crunch keys for 8 hours a day.
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Nah, I have no plans to retire. I love it too much. I also like having money The thing is, I'm bored and I don't see why they'd renew me without work.
How much longer on the contract? If IT doesn't want you and fought against giving you necessary access, the likelihood of being renewed is nil. Start looking for a new contract elsewhere. Keep a record of asking for work and not receiving anything, and keep a record of the denials of access. IT may just want you gone, but it's best to have evidence of wrongdoing on their part, just in case. People can be stupidly vindictive, and CYA is always in vogue.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Hey Christian, nice to hear from you !
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I've actually let my contacts cross over by a week in the past but I wouldn't do this long term
I was thinking that perhaps this is more like paying a retainer to a lawyer. They have the money and they might need your services immediately at some point it time. They just have no need for them right now. So you can recognize that by retaining the relationship. But keep busy by getting another contract.
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Next Tuesday will mark a year that I’ve been in my six-month contract. For the first few months or so I didn’t have a whole lot to do. It took the client the better part of a month to send me a laptop so during that time I was able to download and learn how to use a component that I would be using for the project I was hired to do. Near my six months on the job I was made part of another team at the same client. Now I’m staying pretty busy but every once in a while I have some dead time.
I'm four months in, and it's a ghost town. I know things can start slow
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Christian, Based on your comments on the thread, I'd be looking for a way to protect the $1k a day. Come up with a short (or long) list of proposed improvements, feature adds, etc. Being paid, I don't see the loss in spending time developing a plan for the client. I'd also have concerns about that amount not flying under the company radar and losing a nice check. Let your creativity flow and wow the heck out of them. It's worth a shot if that is what you want to keep doing. That's good money for an 'open' type of contract. If you create the need, and can get a renewal, you'd still have a good deal that wouldn't be forcing you to crunch keys for 8 hours a day.
It's a superannuation company. What I have access to is tightly controlled. There's just not much scope for that. Hell, I still don't have azure access. There's other roles paying that, I've had them before.
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Hey Christian, nice to hear from you !
Hey mate!! I have nothing to do and thought I'd drop in!!!
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It's a superannuation company. What I have access to is tightly controlled. There's just not much scope for that. Hell, I still don't have azure access. There's other roles paying that, I've had them before.
Hey, first I admit I had to look up
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superannuation
I thought I was missing some tech thing. :) That's a tough situation from the work point of view, though the money isn't bad in AUD. In that case, I guess I'd just take the money and enjoy your spring on the beach while researching your next venture.
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Hey, first I admit I had to look up
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superannuation
I thought I was missing some tech thing. :) That's a tough situation from the work point of view, though the money isn't bad in AUD. In that case, I guess I'd just take the money and enjoy your spring on the beach while researching your next venture.
The contract has two months left, at a minimum I assume I won't stay on. I've already interviewed with someone who expects to hire in Jan