Sometimes I feel like my job is a soap opera. LOL. The Indian liason was canned this week, oh darn. Apparently I was not the only person having problems with him. His last day is Friday, today he came and asked me three separate times when the assignments would be made. My reply? When it's ready, I'll email you. Nope, couple of hours later, here he comes again wanting to know when the assignment will be made and the code in the area. Me: "Um, we have problems. First build and we have run into problems. When it is ready, I will send out the normal email." Two hours later he comes back and wants to know if he can install the build, etc. So I spend 20 minutes or so putting together what I have with temp files and zip it up for him to install on his local system (like he told me he was going to do.) Turns out he is putting together stuff for the offshore people to test this evening. And at that point, it wasn't really ready yet.
Rolling my eyes at this point. I wanted to shake him and say "What part of NO, IT'S NOT READY do you not understand???" His replacement (who I really like, I trained him too in Feb) came by an hour or so later and helped me with some Test Director questions, then I finally had what I needed, so we did the assignment.
I think this other guy will work out just fine. I can understand his English, but more importantly, he can communicate. The first guy's English was horrible, and I was guessing at the gist of what he was saying. And as it turns out, he wasn't doing his job.
I hate confrontation, but I am so glad I went to management about it. It needed to be done, I wasn't the only one, and we get a better employee. Wins all round.
Now I just need a full-time job...
Well, mostly out. I've picked up some very part time coding, automating manual processes and interfacing to the web, just like I used to do, only I'm having to use MS this time. Blech. But the extra bucks will help.
When I left for work this AM, I had 2 folding dollars to my name. Sometime during the day, something happened, and money that was locked up has been released. I can afford to pay rent, electric, and phone this month. And best of all, I can afford to drive out to see mom this weekend. Thanks to all who have been praying.
Best of luck on finding a perm position.
I was contract for many years, but I enjoyed it. It was as close to being my own boss as I've had. I managed myself like a business, with my hours as the income source. I marketed, aquired skill-sets, set goals, purchased insurance, etc. like a very tiny business.
/john