You're a contractor but are willing to work for nowt ? I hope you're not a limited company paying yourself dividends as it would be a massive IR35 issue.
Say you accidentally stuck your penis in a socket and killed yourself, you might've only been found on Monday morning and this would've come down on his head for not putting anti-penis systems on his sockets or allowing staff members in on their own.
If you've been given work that should say take 35hrs to complete yet it's taking you 40hrs to complete, is that not a concern?
I've been here almost 2 years, started a 3 month contract and they keep extending. It's now a 6 month contract up for renewal soon. I will likely decline them and get work elsewhere. Not in the mood to bend over backwards anymore only to be kicked in the nads for it.
So why did you not complete the job on time? Too busy browsing OcUK?
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hahah, funniest thing I've read all day. IR35 isn't worth the website it's written on
Shocking comment.....
Boss probably just thought you were being too keen and making him look bad.
Not having problems with management but took on an extra 15 hours a week overtime due to how busy we are and no one else really making any extra effort and now some of the people who aren't lifting a finger to help are griping how its "not fair" about some of the extra perks I'm getting for working longer hours :S
If there is one thing I've learnt in all my years of working going the extra mile is rarely appreciated or reciprocated when it comes to it.
Are you charging by the hour?
You seem to have a perm mentality.. Maybe contracting isn't for you?
Ha! Exactly the same happened in one of my earlier jobs.
I was on IT 2nd Line Support, and had access to our pool Helpdesk email account from home. I was mindful that a big job came in before close of play on Friday evening, so I checked mail at home to make sure it went ok.
It didn't.
I fixed the issue from home and got glowing praise from their department and their department senior manager - only took me an hour from about 1900-2000hrs. Their department management email me and my boss and his boss glowing thanks for the special one off service I provided during their difficult time.
First thing Monday morning I get called into my manager's office. He has a right go at me that I gave our 'customers' false expectations of service that violated our SLA, and he had to give me a written warning for it.
The funny thing was that if I hadn't have done that, his head would have been on the block, but he was just so anal and challenged.