Need some advice on whether I should respond and what the response should be.
Background: I was contacted by a company who had a client that needed my IT expertise. We agreed on a corp2corp agreement. I went through several interviews, and was verbally told I have the job. it took them several months to on-board me. Very involved background check, drug test, etc…
Finally I started. First week I didn't have a laptop, so I just kind of did nothing while waiting for the laptop to arrive. Then 2 weeks of on-boarding, doing corporate training, and about 3-4 meetings with a team regarding a project. I wasn't given any tasks or told anything specific. As a matter of fact, I haven't even spoken to my manager yet. This morning I logon and see an email from my manager's manager, saying: “Please accept my sincere apologies but we will need to end your contract early due to budget restrictions and scope changes for the project for which you were onboarded.” They are giving me 2 weeks notice due to the inconvenience.
I quit my job of several years for this. So now I have look for a new job, which will obviously take longer than 2 weeks, plus a huge pain in the ass.
What your thoughts? Should I respond somehow, or don't even waste my time? Thanks all.