Hi all,
No real purpose for this thread other than to have a mini rant.
So a couple of weeks ago, despite being offered another 6 month contract, I decided to leave at the end of my then current 12 month contract of my first real job after uni due to not seeing how I would ever progress or develop in the company and I wasn't learning anything new. This was actually quite a hard decision because I really enjoyed working there and met some great people, the salary was quite good and my employer was very flexible, however I was stagnating and thought if I ever wanted to get anywhere I'd have to unfortunately do it elsewhere.
So naturally, I signed up to some recruitment agencies, got my CV out there etc, and managed to land a temp job with an agency at a data analysis consultancy a few weeks ago much closer to home, it was only for 3 months, but I felt it was a good opportunity to learn a few new things so decided to go for it.
Then, out of the blue, the agency ring me this evening telling me the owner has decided to terminate me due to not feeling my heart was in the job and he caught me looking at a job site. Now, maybe I'm wrong, but how can you expect someone's heart to be in the job if they've been told the job is only for 3 months due to covering holiday whilst only being paid £8/hour. I was very clear with both the company and agency before I started that I couldn't necessarily commit to the full 3 months due to the short term contract and very low pay, they both stated they understood this and thought it was reasonable. I believe my line manager was pleased with my performance and quality of my work and that he felt I was ready and confident enough to take over the responsibilities of the person leaving (last day is Friday) but obviously the owner is not happy, partly due to me looking at a job site, which is true, today whilst on my unpaid lunch break I was reading a job description that a recruiter had sent me, but I was on lunch and had completed all work given to me, so its not like I've been browsing job sites during working time and not been completing work etc.
So yeah, sorry for the rant, but it just sucks, now I'm jobless when I thought I had 2 months to find another job, really awful timing as well due to both my and my wife's car developing serious faults.
Thanks for reading.
No real purpose for this thread other than to have a mini rant.
So a couple of weeks ago, despite being offered another 6 month contract, I decided to leave at the end of my then current 12 month contract of my first real job after uni due to not seeing how I would ever progress or develop in the company and I wasn't learning anything new. This was actually quite a hard decision because I really enjoyed working there and met some great people, the salary was quite good and my employer was very flexible, however I was stagnating and thought if I ever wanted to get anywhere I'd have to unfortunately do it elsewhere.
So naturally, I signed up to some recruitment agencies, got my CV out there etc, and managed to land a temp job with an agency at a data analysis consultancy a few weeks ago much closer to home, it was only for 3 months, but I felt it was a good opportunity to learn a few new things so decided to go for it.
Then, out of the blue, the agency ring me this evening telling me the owner has decided to terminate me due to not feeling my heart was in the job and he caught me looking at a job site. Now, maybe I'm wrong, but how can you expect someone's heart to be in the job if they've been told the job is only for 3 months due to covering holiday whilst only being paid £8/hour. I was very clear with both the company and agency before I started that I couldn't necessarily commit to the full 3 months due to the short term contract and very low pay, they both stated they understood this and thought it was reasonable. I believe my line manager was pleased with my performance and quality of my work and that he felt I was ready and confident enough to take over the responsibilities of the person leaving (last day is Friday) but obviously the owner is not happy, partly due to me looking at a job site, which is true, today whilst on my unpaid lunch break I was reading a job description that a recruiter had sent me, but I was on lunch and had completed all work given to me, so its not like I've been browsing job sites during working time and not been completing work etc.
So yeah, sorry for the rant, but it just sucks, now I'm jobless when I thought I had 2 months to find another job, really awful timing as well due to both my and my wife's car developing serious faults.
Thanks for reading.