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I’ve been working this temporary job since May 29th with a Fortune 500 company.
The person who originally hired me is no longer with the company and another manager has taken on the task of supervising me.
Ever since I started they really don’t have any work for me to do. And I just started! I will be here until October. I don’t know if I can deal with this.
I finish a project then have to ask them for more work. It really seems a bit unprepared to me.
I make approximately $20 per hour which isn’t bad for a temporary employee, but I feel like this time is wasted and I could be looking for a permanent job instead of sitting here and having to ask for more work when hours go by of me doing nothing.
Basically, I’m just sitting around now unless they ask me if I am doing something. You didn’t give me any work so how can I be doing something?!
I wouldn’t mind resigning but my mentor is basically the one who sent me this position. I was going to stick it out for that particular reason.
The people who work here that I’ve dealt with are a bit incompetent. It is very frustrating since I am a temp and they are permanent employees. They halfway complete things. I guess you can do that when you are permanent. I’d like to be permanent and earning a salary.
How about using that "nothing to do" time and prepare a business plan, research funding sources, research competitors, research schools? Do some creative writing, on freelance websites, or for yourself (for a future book?)?
Temps can be let go at any time for any reason and as a temp you have fewer rights than an employee. One day you may receive a phone call from the temp agency saying "thank you for all the hard work you have done for us but don't come in tomorrow". It is an incredibly insecure job so you should always be looking. The thing is the needs of the temp are determined by the needs of the company so after your project is over, that could be the end even if they put you as "temp to hire" which doesn't guarantee that you will be brought on board. Here is a tip: Never trust your employers to ever look out for your interests.
How about using that "nothing to do" time and prepare a business plan, research funding sources, research competitors, research schools? Do some creative writing, on freelance websites, or for yourself (for a future book?)?
This is on the money. I have been trying to start a bookkeeping business that I just focus on after work. And I am trying to launch a blog that I also work on when I get home on the evening.
Too scared of being let go from this pile of crap if I try to go on interviews, which would
A. Destroy my relationship with the temp agency that my wife ALSO works for
and
B. Hurt my chances at unemployment
I think you should start applying and then go on the interviews that you really want to. I would do a half-day or go during your lunch.
Also, why don’t you tell your recruiter you are extremely grateful for the work they helped you find and then ask if they have anything that is going to go permanent in their jobs list?
I can’t live like this anymore!
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