Flouncing? Unprofessional or sometimes essential?

[gruntling]

So I'm approaching that "third year itch". My role is safe but tediously dull in a quite insane (IB) environment.

I'm not learning anything and the work feels pointless like digging holes and filling them again but raking in a reasonable rate (my best).

I guess its the middle life contractor crisis but I've the urge to act like the clerk in Quadrophenia (1979)

"Yeah I'll tell you what you can do with your eye-teeth and your job, you can take the e-mail and the change control and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff them right up your arse!"

So my Contractor safe half is saying "just WFH and bill bill bill" but the Contractor Devil on my shoulder is saying "you are a contractor, not a number,a freeman! screw them"!

Has anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do?

[DaveB]

So I'm approaching that "third year itch". My role is safe but tediously dull in a quite insane (IB) environment.

I'm not learning anything and the work feels pointless like digging holes and filling them again but raking in a reasonable rate (my best).

I guess its the middle life contractor crisis but I've the urge to act like the clerk in Quadrophenia (1979)

"Yeah I'll tell you what you can do with your eye-teeth and your job, you can take the e-mail and the change control and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff them right up your arse!"

So my Contractor safe half is saying "just WFH and bill bill bill" but the Contractor Devil on my shoulder is saying "you are a contractor, not a number,a freeman! screw them"!

Has anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do?

Found a new contract.

[FatLazyContractor]

So I'm approaching that "third year itch". My role is safe but tediously dull in a quite insane (IB) environment.

Wrong assumption.

I'm not learning anything and the work feels pointless like digging holes and filling them again but raking in a reasonable rate (my best).

You go permie to learn something.

I don't understand the "flouncing" bit here.

[tomtomagain]

So I'm approaching that "third year itch". My role is safe but tediously dull in a quite insane (IB) environment.

I'm not learning anything and the work feels pointless like digging holes and filling them again but raking in a reasonable rate (my best).

I guess its the middle life contractor crisis but I've the urge to act like the clerk in Quadrophenia (1979)

"Yeah I'll tell you what you can do with your eye-teeth and your job, you can take the e-mail and the change control and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff them right up your arse!"

So my Contractor safe half is saying "just WFH and bill bill bill" but the Contractor Devil on my shoulder is saying "you are a contractor, not a number,a freeman! screw them"!

Has anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do?

Left contracting and started my own company.

[vwdan]

You go permie to learn something.

Jeez, no wonder so many contractors suck if this is the attitude.

[Unix]

Jeez, no wonder so many contractors suck if this is the attitude.

Yeah you only go permie if you think you feel a long term illness coming.

[vwdan]

Yeah you only go permie if you think you feel a long term illness coming.

Or if you want to have a baby!

[DodgyAgent]

So I'm approaching that "third year itch". My role is safe but tediously dull in a quite insane (IB) environment.

I'm not learning anything and the work feels pointless like digging holes and filling them again but raking in a reasonable rate (my best).

I guess its the middle life contractor crisis but I've the urge to act like the clerk in Quadrophenia (1979)

"Yeah I'll tell you what you can do with your eye-teeth and your job, you can take the e-mail and the change control and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff them right up your arse!"

So my Contractor safe half is saying "just WFH and bill bill bill" but the Contractor Devil on my shoulder is saying "you are a contractor, not a number,a freeman! screw them"!

Has anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do?

What does your agent say?

[original PM]

What does your agent say?

Lol go somewhere else where I can pimp you out for more I imagine...

[FatLazyContractor]

Jeez, no wonder so many contractors suck if this is the attitude.

Ok, or get trained at your company's expense. FFS Pedants