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Originally Posted by ruth1304
Having to let off steam. I was called into my manager's office and told that my contract which was due to end in December is being terminated at the end of next week because of the economic situation.
Fair enough, as a contractor that's what I'm there for. But the discussions about this have been going on for several weeks and no-one gave us any hint that there might be a problem, so we haven't had the opportunity to look around for other options. I'm lucky - as I'm crucial to the project I'm working on I've got 2 weeks notice, but other people are going this week. One person took holiday last week. If he'd had any hint of what was happening he wouldn't have done that.
I accept no job security as the price I pay for being a contractor, but I would have liked to be warned that this was a possibility so that I could review my options earlier. All the information we've been getting recently is about how well our business has been doing, so we've had no warning signs.
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ruth1304 - I'm so sorry you have to go through this. My husband works with contractors as a project manager. He hates it when the bureaucrats higher up treat his contractors with so little respect. He has had to let contractors go recently because of the economy, too, but he always tries to give them a heads up well before the guillotine falls. Good luck to you. I'll keep my fingers crossed that something comes your way soon.