Re: jobs-discuss Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by David Alban- May 11, 2007 On 51007, Terrence Brannon <metaperlgmail.com> wrote:> Plus, I was confident I would meetexceed whatever expectations they> had. But then things got weird at the end. They said: "Terrence is not> proactive about getting work assigned to him" ... but then after> copious written documentation proving this assertion false, the next> day they said: "We are not going to go forward for budget reasons" ---> but from what I can tell, they have already hired a.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1665.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by Terrence Brannon- May 10, 2007 On 51007, Randal L. Schwartz <merlynstonehenge.com> wrote:> >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:>> "Terrence> No, I operate on passion and I was wired about the work I would be> "Terrence> doing. Also, I had never been cut any earlier than 6 months in 6 years> "Terrence> of consulting, so I figured there was no reason for that to happen now> "Terrence> to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1664.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by Terrence Brannon- May 10, 2007 On 51007, Randal L. Schwartz <merlynstonehenge.com> wrote:> >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:>> "Terrence> No, I operate on passion and I was wired about the work I would be> "Terrence> doing. Also, I had never been cut any earlier than 6 months in 6 years> "Terrence> of consulting, so I figured there was no reason for that to happen now> "Terrence> to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1663.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by Terrence Brannon- May 10, 2007 On 51007, Randal L. Schwartz <merlynstonehenge.com> wrote:> >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:>> "Terrence> No, I operate on passion and I was wired about the work I would be> "Terrence> doing. Also, I had never been cut any earlier than 6 months in 6 years> "Terrence> of consulting, so I figured there was no reason for that to happen now> "Terrence> to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1662.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by merlyn- May 10, 2007 >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:"Terrence> No, I operate on passion and I was wired about the work I would be"Terrence> doing. Also, I had never been cut any earlier than 6 months in 6 years"Terrence> of consulting, so I figured there was no reason for that to happen now"Terrence> to me.I&39;ve never been asked to work 3 weeks on a trial basis. I&39;d considerthat a huge red flag....http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1661.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by Terrence Brannon- May 9, 2007 On 5907, Randal L. Schwartz <merlynstonehenge.com> wrote:> >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:>> "Terrence> I have just been introduced to the darkside of something I never ever> "Terrence> encountered before. It&39;s called a 3-week guarantee. Under this> "Terrence> program, you are an hourly contractor, but for 3 weeks the company has> "Terrence> no obligation..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1660.html Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee by merlyn- May 9, 2007 >>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <metaperlgmail.com> writes:"Terrence> I have just been introduced to the darkside of something I never ever"Terrence> encountered before. It&39;s called a 3-week guarantee. Under this"Terrence> program, you are an hourly contractor, but for 3 weeks the company has"Terrence> no obligation to pay the agent anything.I&39;m no lawyer, but I&39;m not sure that can even be legal. At..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/05/msg1659.html |