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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
