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I quit my job last week. I got no respect from colleagues because I was on a temporary contract. My boss, on the other hand, was nice as pie. Hungover, tired, I printed off my notice and gave it to my boss, who laughed. After going for the recommended coffee I returned to tell her that I made all the necessary calls to the agency and HR and that my contract is terminated before she could even have any influence. She sat me down and tried to convince me that I was making a mistake and that it was a nice job: which actually went a little bit like this.
"I'm giving you an additional 12 months on your contract by the end of the month"
-who wants to be a temp for that long?
"you've done a lot of training why leave now"
-the training was insulting to anyone's intelligence level. after 5 months i would have been allowed in the lab and then you don't get independece at the bench. it was a joke.
"there are a lot of oppotunities here"
-didn't see one good job advertised internally. not one. oh actually there was one for production 11,500 per year. bullshit
From my experience and from what I've heard, they want to keep you on a temp contract for 1-2 years as a probational period (it saves the company thousands i.e. money that should be yours), and then they offer you a permanent position (further year working in same place), before you get to move on (prob to something unrelated like purchasing that you know deep inside you don't want to do).
I've been looking for a job (except for the past 2 days I've been playing world of warcraft). I got an interview with the AA in Cardiff Bay which is something for now. James works there and says I should get the job because the job is a joke. I need income asap otherwise I got no where to live next month and Helen will kill be for losing the place that we just spent money on to take off the market. Besides the new appartment I'm moving into is fucking awsome and I don't want to lose it.
So yeah the heat is on to find work but still I did nothing but play wow all day yesterday, partily because I feel comfortable that I'm gonna get the job tomorrow....sigh. If I don't then I don't know what's gonna happen...guess I can only wait for replies and start applying to the jobs I don't really want to do at all.
Cherry on the cake...I got my viva examination on 1st April that can't be postponed.
The past 18 months of my life has been an uphill climb and these past 3 months appear to be more like the last level on a computer game, where you have to slay the dragon with sword and shield but you've been beated to shit and you don't know if you can make it. Things seem to get harded as the final moments, that bring massive chapters in my life to a close, draw near. Similar to the travellator on gladiators. THE GLADIOTORS DUH NUH NUH NUUUUH NUGH.
Oh well back to wow
"I'm giving you an additional 12 months on your contract by the end of the month"
-who wants to be a temp for that long?
"you've done a lot of training why leave now"
-the training was insulting to anyone's intelligence level. after 5 months i would have been allowed in the lab and then you don't get independece at the bench. it was a joke.
"there are a lot of oppotunities here"
-didn't see one good job advertised internally. not one. oh actually there was one for production 11,500 per year. bullshit
From my experience and from what I've heard, they want to keep you on a temp contract for 1-2 years as a probational period (it saves the company thousands i.e. money that should be yours), and then they offer you a permanent position (further year working in same place), before you get to move on (prob to something unrelated like purchasing that you know deep inside you don't want to do).
I've been looking for a job (except for the past 2 days I've been playing world of warcraft). I got an interview with the AA in Cardiff Bay which is something for now. James works there and says I should get the job because the job is a joke. I need income asap otherwise I got no where to live next month and Helen will kill be for losing the place that we just spent money on to take off the market. Besides the new appartment I'm moving into is fucking awsome and I don't want to lose it.
So yeah the heat is on to find work but still I did nothing but play wow all day yesterday, partily because I feel comfortable that I'm gonna get the job tomorrow....sigh. If I don't then I don't know what's gonna happen...guess I can only wait for replies and start applying to the jobs I don't really want to do at all.
Cherry on the cake...I got my viva examination on 1st April that can't be postponed.
The past 18 months of my life has been an uphill climb and these past 3 months appear to be more like the last level on a computer game, where you have to slay the dragon with sword and shield but you've been beated to shit and you don't know if you can make it. Things seem to get harded as the final moments, that bring massive chapters in my life to a close, draw near. Similar to the travellator on gladiators. THE GLADIOTORS DUH NUH NUH NUUUUH NUGH.
Oh well back to wow