This must be a bit of a rarity... boomed... just

[d000hg]

Client on my secondary contract unexpectedly pulled the rug out on an extension yesterday morning - last day of the contract (grr) - on the basis they wanted to get someone full-time.

Somehow I've talked them round to a 6-month extension after all, suggesting I help transition the work to a new person once they find one.

Do the rest of you often have to fight for your extensions?

[MarillionFan]

No. But I do sometimes fight, for my right, to party!!!!!!!

[Mich the Tester]

[eek]

No. But I do sometimes fight, for my right, to party!!!!!!!

Says the person who clearly can't fight his way out of a paper bag to get any time off

Don't, don't, don't take a job where you are required to cover hours on the West coast of the US

(1) It takes you 2-3 hours every morning to catch up with the emails from the night before
(2) The fookers set all of your meetings up from 8am (or 4pm your time)
(3) The working day just goes on, and on and on and ******* on.

MF in 'just finished his last '5' minute call from 9.30 with someone who wanted to have a 'quick' chat.

In the words of Roland from Grange Hill

[eek]

PS Congrats

[MarillionFan]

Says the person who clearly can't fight his way out of a paper bag to get any time off

All down to the fact I didn't hire quick enough.

Hoping to have a BA contractor on board in the US next week. Perm BA week after that. New system adminstrator in London week after that. Then it's put my feet up on the desk & post on CUK about what a fantastic Sas Guru I am and how cretinous you are.

[norrahe]

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[NickFitz]

[escapeUK]

I feel like I have to fight to leave. My client has become very bad at paying (65+ days) most of the people there are stupid and lazy, and I hate the commute.

Im 95% done on a system I wrote from scratch, so I feel like I have to finish it. But no one is putting in a proper effort to test it.

I suppose its like relationships, when you finally separate you feel this immense sense of relief and wonder why you put up with it so long.