Contract Extension / End Of Year

It’s now been confirmed that I’m now going to be in the same workplace ’til the end of this year. Not bad, considering that the initial contract was for three months, and that started a year ago yesterday.

In many ways it’s not too bad here – the journey is easily doable, the work is OK and getting better now that the main frameworks are in place, and I can start developing other add-on bits that make the various relevant departments go “Ooooooh” , or even on one occasion “Bloody hell, I didn’t know you could do that!”. (which is always satisfying) At the same time I’m adding in a lot of functionality and groundwork for the future, figuring stuff out, and doing a lot of funky bits. (Which reminds me, I really must update my CV with some of this rubbish before I forget) And the people are… OK, that’s the sticking point.

I get on OK with most of the people in this area of the office, and in other related bits of the company. That’s fine. I just don’t get on with a couple of people, I simply clash with their personalities. I manage it as professionally as possible, but it’s still noticeable. These people also don’t get on with a lot of others, and it’s noticeable when they’re not in the office, because stuff just gets done without all the drama. I know the manager of the team notices this too, and has commented on it several times.

So I’ll stay, particularly while the work is again interesting, and we’ll just have to see how the minority bits go. Because that’s all they are, a minor input on the day. And really I can handle that for the most part. And if I can’t, well, I’ll just go and sit outside, take a breather.

Yes, life could be worse.