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[Closed] Crazy work situation

solamanda · 2015-12-04T08:05:08Z

I've just come to the end of a work situation that I didn't think would happen in real life. I was head hunted to work for a local company developing using a specific language. After the first 6 months I was told (not asked) that I would be trained up on another language and be working on that project for the next 9 months. I said I didn't want to do it for a variety of good reasons including, it not being my job or why I took the position, the role would mean being mentored to understand a bespoke system written by a [b]very[/b] difficult member of staff. I could also see they wanted me to be maintaining the new system once completed so it would be become my permanent work rather than just a 9 month period. At the same time due to some colleagues being forced out/constructive dismissal, other staff were put in the same situation to fill the roles of people like myself being forced onto the project. They weren't happy about it either! They are also job hunting! So I did they best I could, kept at it for 6 more months and then handed in my notice as it was too important for me to have this job on my CV for a year. To be honest it's worked out great for me but the company has lost out big time. They have lost 10 developers/managers from one department in a year. After handing in my resignation, my managers face when she recalled my conversation stating I didn't want to do it 6 months ago was priceless. I estimate the cost in recruitment fees for all the staff would have covered a contractor for the 9 month project!

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john_drummer

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Spending 9 months learning a dying trade and then doing it full time is not a good idea in my book. Also when you're not getting wide enough experience to use it elsewhere.

I must have missed the bit about the dying trade. My trade is so niche I wasn't even aware that SAS was dying. It's new-fangled to me

Posted : 04/12/2015 4:22 pm

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