Shouldn't complain as it was my own choice, but certain aspects of permiedom are already starting to annoy me;
- the whinges about my habit of talking slowly when I'm explaining something complex
- the whinges about my ability to ask questions (project related) that people don't really like to answer (I'm a tester; it's my job to do that!)
- the whinges about my clothing being too smart/trendy
- the whinges about the ageing contractormobile
- the habit of other employees to use tech meetings as an excuse to whinge about 'the management', their pay, their influence or lack of it
- the fact that I've been at a clientco doing insultancy for 5 weeks during the 2 month trial period in which I can be sacked or can walk away from one day to the next, and nobody, no, really, nobody from the office has called to ask how things are going; I'd have thought that when you send the new guy to a client you'd at least check up on how he feels things are going
Anyway, I console myself with three things;
- I'm much better paid than most permies
- I can get a tulipload of training and be paid for it
- I can go contracting again if I choose or if necessary
Whinge over.
- the whinges about my habit of talking slowly when I'm explaining something complex
- the whinges about my ability to ask questions (project related) that people don't really like to answer (I'm a tester; it's my job to do that!)
- the whinges about my clothing being too smart/trendy
- the whinges about the ageing contractormobile
- the habit of other employees to use tech meetings as an excuse to whinge about 'the management', their pay, their influence or lack of it
- the fact that I've been at a clientco doing insultancy for 5 weeks during the 2 month trial period in which I can be sacked or can walk away from one day to the next, and nobody, no, really, nobody from the office has called to ask how things are going; I'd have thought that when you send the new guy to a client you'd at least check up on how he feels things are going
Anyway, I console myself with three things;
- I'm much better paid than most permies
- I can get a tulipload of training and be paid for it
- I can go contracting again if I choose or if necessary
Whinge over.
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