RE: Cutting a contract short

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Anonymous wrote:  

> I'm currently in the middle of a 6-month contract that I'm 
> considering cutting short to look for another opportunity. 

There are several "it depends" factors here, and various respondents
have done a fine job of explicating them. Depending on the contract
terms, walking away early (after the all-important communications with
the manager and agency that others mentioned) may be both appropriate
and ethical. 

But one "walk away" argument that's been suggested needs countering. The
fact that Company A (and perhaps Companies B, C, and D) have screwed you
in the past _in_no_way_justifies_ doing the same to Company X. 

The argument that "businesses all lack integrity and commitment to me,
so why should I feel obligated to honor my contract?" is a grossly
unfair assignment of collective guilt, a lame excuse for your own lack
of integrity, and indicative of a chip-on-the-shoulder attitude that
calls for some honest self-examination. 

"It's my opinion and it's very true."

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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