Teleidoscope

Thu, Jun 28, 2007

Bozos

Posted at 8:32 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

A few weeks ago an extension was negotiated for my current contract that moved my end date from the end of June to the end of September. We were assured that everything was agreeable, and the paperwork had been signed.

Last Thursday, the new senior manager who is taking over the project told me to my face that my extension to September was firm but they were hoping to renegotiate the rate beyond that. The offer that was made to the company did not match what I was told.

We declined the offer of the new rate, which was half the rate I've been getting for the past few years.

Yesterday, mid to late afternoon, we got a call and were informed that they had decided to cancel the extension. So my end date is suddenly tomorrow.

The project manager (whom I've worked with on and off for a couple of years now) had refused to talk to our business side and referred us to the senior manager. He may not have wanted to be the one who broke the news that they were repudiating the deal.

I'm trying to think of a word that adequately expresses my opinion of this double-dealing manager. I'm tempted to tell the sales people to add a 10% bozo fee to our bid the next time this customer comes asking us for help.

I'm just glad that I've been working from home, not from corporate housing.

And I think there is an untrustworthy negotiator who's due to show up in TechLands who may end up with a different name.

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