I’m after a bit of advice, guidance and general anecdotes from experience.
I have another four months left on my contract following an extension at the end of 2018. Since the turn of this year, the work seems to have slowed down big time. There have been a number of organisational changes at the client and a few changes in the Boardroom.
As a result the project I’m on has stalled, but is due to pick up pace again in a few weeks (albeit there’s no certainty yet).
I see I have two options:
A) Sit tight, see out the next four quiet months whilst going through the motions and invoicing.
B) Look elsewhere and get out on my own terms for something challenging and rewarding. This could mean a reduction in my rate.
To add some context to this, I’m not the kind of person to take liberties and just sit around doing nothing whilst taking the money. That said, I turned down a couple of opportunities that presented themselves around my renewal date because the client really needed me to stay - so there’s an element of them “owing me” for sticking with them when they needed me most.
I have another four months left on my contract following an extension at the end of 2018. Since the turn of this year, the work seems to have slowed down big time. There have been a number of organisational changes at the client and a few changes in the Boardroom.
As a result the project I’m on has stalled, but is due to pick up pace again in a few weeks (albeit there’s no certainty yet).
I see I have two options:
A) Sit tight, see out the next four quiet months whilst going through the motions and invoicing.
B) Look elsewhere and get out on my own terms for something challenging and rewarding. This could mean a reduction in my rate.
To add some context to this, I’m not the kind of person to take liberties and just sit around doing nothing whilst taking the money. That said, I turned down a couple of opportunities that presented themselves around my renewal date because the client really needed me to stay - so there’s an element of them “owing me” for sticking with them when they needed me most.
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