Engineers in this sector have heard it all. Here is what over-promising a role actually costs you at month three.
The month-three conversation
Overtime that turned out to be discretionary. A patch that quietly stretched past the M25. A promotion that depended on a contract renewal nobody mentioned. None of these are dramatic on their own, and all of them end the same way, an engineer who now reads every other promise sceptically.
Say the hard part first
The site is dated. The rota includes weekends. The client is demanding. Candidates who are put off by that were going to be put off in month two anyway; you just paid for the privilege of finding out. The ones who stay came in with their eyes open, which is exactly who you want on a critical site.
Trust is earned, not given
We brief the awkward details on purpose. It costs a few conversations at the front end and saves a replacement fee, a re-mobilisation and a reputation at the back end.
