# What were you THINKING?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5743 "2025-10-19T03:32:47Z")

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Well, just one job, it seems. And, ironically, with a lot of bullshit and not much ROI to it:

> [@Four years at my job - time to ponder my next career move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-years-at-my-job-time-to-ponder-my-next-career-move/1019070/28):
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> First I spent 6 months on “the bench” where I would get staffed to a client but then they would cancel the contract for budget reasons before I could start. Not my fault at all, but my numbers still suck for the year so no raise or bonus.
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> Then the past year I spent months on a crappy toxic client with a crappy empty suit of a manager and got my first ever shitty performance review at this firm. Then I rolled onto a project that was much better that was supposed to last a year or more. But then the client fired our firm for cost reasons. So no raise or bonus this year.

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