Temp jobs are a blessing and a burden at the same time. I am looking for my next job for the year. I am submitting 3-5 applications a week so hopefully i don't go unemployed or living off savings for no more than
1 month.
Temp jobs are a blessing and a burden at the same time. I am looking for my next job for the year. I am submitting 3-5 applications a week so hopefully i don't go unemployed or living off savings for no more than
1 month.
Temp jobs are a blessing and a burden at the same time. I am looking for my next job for the year. I am submitting 3-5 applications a week so hopefully i don't go unemployed or living off savings for no more than 1 month.
Re: 3.5 weeks to being laid off again....
Temp jobs are a blessing and a burden at the same time. I am looking my next job for the year. I am submitting 3-5 applications a week so hopefully i don't go unemployed or living off savings for no more tha month.
That can be difficult. :/ And I'd worry about some future employers seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at different companies on your resume.
Nightfox wrote to Utopian Galt <=-
That can be difficult. :/ And I'd worry about some future employers seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at different companies on your resume.
Greenlfc wrote to Nightfox <=-
I had a friend who worked temp jobs with Microsoft contractors for
nearly 20 years. Their "cool down" period, or whatever they called it, was obnoxious. Every year or two you had to take three months away from Microsoft which left these folks in a perpetual state of flux, since
there was no guarantee that their job would still be there after the break.
I had a friend who worked temp jobs with Microsoft contractors for nearly 20 years. Their "cool down" period, or whatever they called it, was obnoxious. Every year or two you had to take three months away from Microsoft which left these folks in a perpetual state of flux, since there was no guarantee that their job would still be there after the break.
That can be difficult. :/ And I'd worry about some future employers
seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at
different companies on your resume.
I think if you preface it by including temp/contract work under a comprehensive "self-employed" block on your resume, so instead of a handful of companies, you include a business name, the total block of time and something like "Provided network, operations and architecture services to emerging-state pre-funding startups and mature IT organizations"
I ended up taking a job that came by a recommendation of one of my BBS callers, who'd worked there and was leaving to go back to school. That company ended up being acquired and I worked at the parent company for close to 10 years.
That can be difficult. :/ And I'd worry about some future employers seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at different companies on your resume.
Temp jobs are a blessing and a burden at the same time. I am looking for my next job for the year. I am submitting 3-5 applications a week so hopefully i don't go unemployed or living off savings for no more than
1 month.
I think if you preface it by including temp/contract work under a comprehensive "self-employed" block on your
resume, so instead of a handful
of companies, you include a business name, the total block of time and something like "Provided network, operations
and architecture services to emerging-state pre-funding startups and mature IT organizations"
So, in that case, why it held against us for going to a place that allows us to better provide for our family? Why is leaving a job for a raise and a better environment considered 'disloyal'?
Re: Re: 3.5 weeks to being laid off again....
By: Margaerynne to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Jul 13 2022 08:13 am
So, in that case, why it held against us for going to a place that al us to better provide for our family? Why is leaving a job for a raise a better environment considered 'disloyal'?
I guess technically speaking, it could be seen as disloyal to tha
company for an employee to leave. But it seems to me there is no
loyalty either way anymore. Companies can lay off employees on a whim,
and employees can leave at any time. The law also allows this in many places (at-will employement).
I suspect long term employees have a hard time understanding leaving a company. However, if you've ever been let go, you suddenly come to understand. Employees are now classified the same as computers or copy machines. The only thing different is there's no depreciation allowed on humans.
I guess technically speaking, it could be seen as disloyal to tha company for an employee to leave. But it seems to
me there is no loyalty either way anymore. Companies can lay off employees on a whim, and employees can leave at any
time. The law also allows this in many places (at-will employement).
I've even heard people refer to employees as "resources".
I guess technically speaking, it could be seen as disloyal to tha company for an employee to leave. But it seems to me there is no loyalty either way anymore. Companies can lay off employees on a whim, and employees can leave at any time. The law also allows this in many places (at-will employement).
I've even heard people refer to employees as "resources".
I guess technically speaking, it could be seen as disloyal to tha company for an employee to leave. But it seems to me there is no loyalty either way anymore. Companies can lay off employees on a whim and employees can leave at any time. The law also allows this in man places (at-will employement).
It's all about money, for them and you. You're there for as long you contribute to the company making a profit. Your commitment to them
expires every payday.
Margaerynne wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
It's insane that you have to do that dance in the first place.
Nightfox wrote to Greenlfc <=-
Yeah, it can be tough that way with some companies. :/ I used to work
at <well-known chip maker> before being laid off in 2019, and they did that a lot with contractors. I somehow was one of the ones that my
team decided to hire as an actual company employee - but even then,
they can lay off employees at any time
2twisty wrote to Nightfox <=-
That can be difficult. :/ And I'd worry about some future employers seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at different companies on your resume.
Depends on the nature of the work. If you were hired to be the head of
a department and left quickly, that could be bad. If you were hired to redevelop a web site, maybe not.
An ex-sysop I know worked for Yahoo! in the 2000s, I believe he worked in QA. If memory serves, he'd been laid off with severance multiple times. I suppose it made sense to the bean counters.
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