They told me that No-Name Software Company Adjacent Company is not renewing my contract and that my last day would be Feb 26th.
While I'm not terribly upset that it ended, I wish it had gone on longer so I could use the experience to make my resume and LinkedIn profile more stable. Because I've worked a few short-term contract jobs, I get penalized because:
- Recruiters want me to list every job to show I'm hireable;
- But the tasks and responsibilities are so mundane that no one would be impressed enough to choose me over another No-Name Software SME candidate.
It is no coincidence that my Manager (Mel) rescheduled and canceled my One-On-One with her. She, and our boss, don't like conflict and are just trying to hold onto their Corporate America jobs until they can retire. They are on borrowed time because the Corporation that acquired their smaller company is not making money off their product.
What does irritate me is that Mel tried to pin it on me. They could have, and did, go with Budget cuts. But she also tried to put it on me that I didn't Step Up and In enough. I should have been more of a self-starter. let's ignore the snafu of my start date, or starting just as everyone is going on vacation after a long year of consulting.
Translation: I didn't realize I was going to have to be responsible for your Onboarding and be expected to help you succeed.
Could I have been more aggressive? Sure, but what would that have really accomplished when a company -- and by extension a team -- is somewhat dysfunctional? I did my best to walk the line between asserting myself and respecting other people's downtime.
I'm writing these entries as they happen and as I have time to jot things down but I may not publish until months from now (or ever). Note: This post was written when the events were still fresh. I waited for a while to post this because I didn’t want to risk my job-hunting efforts.
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