Yep and 6 months after that the same faces will show back up on some other project they want done. Thats how it is here with the navy... Faces come and go, but the show back up like clockwork.
Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/29/2002 02:28:57 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) Subject: RE: Laid Off Scott, Typical. And in 6 months they'll lay the people off who were contracted to get the thing up and running. In the end it will cost about 3 times as much and end up doing about half of what they wanted. 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: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > The contractor I was working for last month lost its > contract. Government > decided it could go buy a COTS package and do the same thing > they were paying > for us to build. Yeah right... How many COTS are out there > that will take a govt > PO number so they can buy a stock TMS system with a bunch of > NIIN's .... ;) > I hope they have fun... so I just started a new job at a new > defense contractor > two weeks ago... two of the people on my team got laid off > Friday cause they > hadnt found jobs yet... > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/29/2002 02:19:52 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > Subject: RE: Laid Off > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
