gadj1976 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:My missus being told that her firm is getting rid of all their temps as of today, this was after she was promised 6 months of work with a view to go full-time at the end of that (it's been approx. 3 months).
She turned down a $36 p/h government temp job after she'd taken this role because she thought it was the right thing to do.
Lesson learnt................look after #1.
I'm a contractor and I learnt a long time ago that you look after yourself and assume nothing.
Yep, all the sorry's in the world don't put money in your bank account.
At least she'll have some bargaining power when they need her back in a couple of weeks, the weather has been the cause of the staff reduction.