True but this practice is very common among government contractors. I've seen it all too often.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Haggerty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > Nobody ever said life is fair... > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Laid Off > > > Bummer! > Let me see if I have this right: > You were doing a good job, > so you got laid off, > so they could bring in cs people > to take care of the problems > from the folks who did a bad job? > This is called "fair"?? > *Not*. > > -Ben > > > On Friday, my contractual job with the government ended in > a blaze of... > > well, it wasn't glory, that's for sure! > > > > I was called off site for an important meeting. Everyone > was smiling, > which > > is always a bad sign with defense contractors. > > > > One of the groups I worked with 'required additional > staffing' and 'demand > > for enhancements to the Web site has gone down' since I > started were the > > reasons they cited. In other words, I was doing my job well > and others on > > the contract were not pulling their weight. In order to > make their lives > > easier, they laid me off and hired more people for client support. > > > > And I was doing so well... *gnashes teeth, pulls on hair, > curses cruel > fate* > > > > On the other hand, I have some excellent references. Anybody know of > > anything in the DC area for someone skilled in Flash > Actionscript / Cold > > Fusion / XML / SQL Server / Photoshop? > > > > M > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
