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Money. Take it 1 day at a time. You can usually manage 1 more billable day. Rinse and repeat.
Also start doing shorter days. I do 2 x 7.5 hour days and 2 x 7 hour days and that's plenty. If they're that bothered, they can bimnm but they'll probably have a word first.
Money. Take it 1 day at a time. You can usually manage 1 more billable day. Rinse and repeat.
Also start doing shorter days. I do 2 x 7.5 hour days and 2 x 7 hour days and that's plenty. If they're that bothered, they can bimnm but they'll probably have a word first.
yeh, not that many ex-mothercare security people left now, eh?
Christ, the motivation to get out of bed on a weekday morning is getting steadily harder...
For the last three years, spanning three different companies, I've worked as a BA and on each occasion workload has been virtually non-existent, to the point that I actually think the job of a Business Analyst is to sit there and look busy.
Each time a major takeover has been a primary factor in the lack of workload (I always seem to be on the side of being taken over) - currently four months into a six month gig, company takeover was announced just before I started, and I've done about a week's work total. I don't even get emails, nothing that I can spin up into more work, just sat there playing with the test system.
I know a proper contractor would leave, but perversely they've just offered a renewal. I don't leave as:
1). This is my first proper contract role, so I don't have much of a warchest;
2). Potentially, if I don't get canned once the takeover goes through, there is the potential for some exposure to really exciting projects for a market leader;
3). It's a nice place to work, and the people are very nice (maybe something to do with everybody having **** all to do).
It's absolutely soul-destroying, has really dented my confidence and made me feel a bit depressed.
So long post, but yeah, it's invoice day tomorrow...
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