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On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:07 PM Tony G. Rocco <cityfeller55 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Greetings, dear tech writers,
>
> I've been contracting since 2006 and I've seen some lousy clients and bad
> managers, but this one beats all. I've never seen so much managerial
> ineptitude in one place in my life.
>
> I've been working for a major Bay Area software company remotely from San
> Diego since last August. Halfway through, the project I was hired for fell
> apart due to a lack of SME resources - poor planning on their part - and my
> lead contact unexpectedly left on a six-week sabbatical. I've been left
> hanging ever since, with only makeshift busy work to keep me occupied on
> less than a full-time basis....
I am unclear on whether they are paying you for 40 hours/week or
paying you for some smaller number of hours.
If they are paying you for 40 hours and simply failing to give you
enough work to fill your time, smile and take their money and spend
that time looking for some other gig that you really like.
If they are paying you for fewer than 40 hours/week, find something else ASAP.
Bob
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