What should we do?
Hello everyone !
I’m sharing a difficult update and a professional pivot, along with a situation that highlights a critical risk we unfortunately had to learn the hard way.
My partner and I recently made the leap to transition from our previous roles as contract administrators, into independent consulting within the federal contracting space.
We entered deep-dive negotiations with a construction-focused prime contractor who actively recruited us to join their team. We spent weeks in alignment meetings, agreed upon terms and compensation, finalized the onboarding steps, and submitted all of our documentation.
Trusting that the agreement was secure, we officially resigned from our previous positions(mainly legal reasons).
But immediately afterward, we received a text message from the prime stating they could no longer move forward,knowing full well that we had already left our jobs. Since that moment, all lines of communication have been completely cut off, leaving us stranded without our primary source of income and with bills and obligations right around the corner.
Why I’m sharing this:
Beyond the personal impact, it highlights a sobering reality about professional accountability in our industry. Verbal agreements, handshakes, and finalized onboarding processes should mean something. Leaving professionals high and dry after they have committed their livelihoods based on good faith is entirely unacceptable.
Accountability matters, especially in federal contracting where reputation, compliance, and trust are supposed to form the baseline of everything we do.