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Subject:RE: another newbie/tight market question From:Maggie Secara <MSecara -at- NILS -dot- COM> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:30:11 -0700
I dunno. Lately, the contracts I've had have been more or less on the
money. They decided what they wanted to pay for and when the time was up,
bang, we were done. In the last case, even sooner. (Yes, it's been an awful
year.) They're also proposing part time a lot: a 1-month contract meaning 4
calendar weeks, at 3 days a week.
YMMV
Maggie Secara
NILS Publishing Company
(818) 734-3570
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From: Marc A. Santacroce [mailto:epubs -at- wwc -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:38 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: another newbie/tight market question
At 9:01 AM -0400 7/16/01, Ami WRIGHT wrote:
>
>I don't think that the length of the contract - by itself - is a bad sign.
>It depends on what needs to be done. I've done a couple of contracts that
>were about a week long. They were short because the projects were small,
>not because the hiring manager was clueless.
>
>-Ami
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Ami, I agree. My first TW job was a two weaker that lasted nine-months. But
I still think that advertised length of contract is an indicator. I'm used
to seeing three-month contracts advertised, knowing full well that they
will probably really be one-year contracts after the 90-day trial period.
It lets the client off gthe hook.
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