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Subject:Re: Consultant vs. Contractor From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:59:18 -0600
I've been bit by internal politics before; the situation had NOTHING to do with
me, but that didn't make it less frustrating.
Fortunately, I've always been able to go on to bigger and better things. Thank
heavens.
Jo Byrd
Bruce Byfield wrote:
> John Fleming wrote:
>
> > That is one of the nice things about contracting, isn't it? Avoiding the
> bulk of the internal politics. It's one of the reasons I became a contractor.
>
> Except, of course, that your hiring can be the basis of internal politics: one
> side can be in favor of hiring you, while the other side thinks that all work
> should be done in-house. When you drop into this position, you can find people
> snarling at you the first time you meet them. Not a fun situation, believe me.
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