<story><title>The IT Contract from Hell</title><url>http://www.itcontractor.com/Articles_IR35_News_Advice/view_article.asp?id_no=4842</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DanielBMarkham</author><text>E-gad. I wouldn&apos;t want to work with any of these jerks, including the author. What kind of punk keeps a diary of how bad his contract is?&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve never had a bad contract -- and I&apos;ve been in situations more stressful than this. A good attitude, good people skills (fundies a problem? Yeesh. What a piece of cake), and the ability to say &quot;no&quot; will fix about anything.&lt;p&gt;But I have worked with a lot of folks who were smarter than everybody else, who kept a running list of grievances, who had to work with poor managers.&lt;p&gt;Contracts are like playing cards. Each time you get a different combination of people, skills, and faults. I can imagine myself walking into a job with such a piss-poor manager: you either convince them that you are working to cover up for them and make them look good or you fold your cards and find another contract. Sulking for 5 months isn&apos;t much of a life. Life is short.&lt;p&gt;It was a bad contract, yes. But it takes two parties to continue something that painful. The author bears quite a bit of responsibility (and needs to grow up), in my opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thomasmallen</author><text>&amp;#62; What kind of punk keeps a diary of how bad his contract is?&lt;p&gt;An IT guy who has nothing better to do because they won&apos;t let him go online. Somebody who&apos;s working in hell and has one place to truly vent. Someone with self-restraint? This guy&apos;s unbelievably patient; I might&apos;ve been out of there in a week. Looks like the catharsis paid off...give him a break.</text></comment>
<story><title>The IT Contract from Hell</title><url>http://www.itcontractor.com/Articles_IR35_News_Advice/view_article.asp?id_no=4842</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DanielBMarkham</author><text>E-gad. I wouldn&apos;t want to work with any of these jerks, including the author. What kind of punk keeps a diary of how bad his contract is?&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve never had a bad contract -- and I&apos;ve been in situations more stressful than this. A good attitude, good people skills (fundies a problem? Yeesh. What a piece of cake), and the ability to say &quot;no&quot; will fix about anything.&lt;p&gt;But I have worked with a lot of folks who were smarter than everybody else, who kept a running list of grievances, who had to work with poor managers.&lt;p&gt;Contracts are like playing cards. Each time you get a different combination of people, skills, and faults. I can imagine myself walking into a job with such a piss-poor manager: you either convince them that you are working to cover up for them and make them look good or you fold your cards and find another contract. Sulking for 5 months isn&apos;t much of a life. Life is short.&lt;p&gt;It was a bad contract, yes. But it takes two parties to continue something that painful. The author bears quite a bit of responsibility (and needs to grow up), in my opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tdavis</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Sulking for 5 months isn&apos;t much of a life. Life is short.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exactly my thoughts. The author&apos;s tolerance for ignorance and blatant hostility is far greater than mine. I would have booked a flight back home as soon as I heard &quot;We don&apos;t take the lord&apos;s name in vain.&quot; Life is too short to deal with such a low caliber of human being on a daily basis, especially for such a long time.</text></comment>