Little Things I am thankful for

(Name of HR Person),
Kerio, a contract staff (CSO) with (Department) has been performing consistently at very high levels since he started work with us. He is performing at a level of MSO. (Department) would like to recommend him for conversion to permanent staff as soon as possible or when his contract ends. He is much better than many existing CSOs, highly motivated, able to learn independently and has been involved in financial management, procurement and office support functions besides handling WoW Fund queries, audit and other procedures. On his own, he came up with a handbook on procurement for the department that is user friendly and relevant to (our Department's people). It assimilates IM, audit findings and other (Department) specific procedures and rules into an accessible document.

His attitude, language and IT skills are excellent, and he has a natural service mindset.
Please let us know how his conversion can be done at the earliest opportunity. We would prefer to do this before his contract ends as his wage is lower than what we are paying CSOs in the public sector.

Boss

From another Colleague, in reply to an e-mail my boss sent

I had earlier alerted PMD verbally. I've also just done so in writing. Depending on how it turns out, may need (One of the DyDirector) and (Another DyDirector) to follow up when i leave on this matter. I've asked for him to be converted to perm (or at least direct contract with us) as soon as possible as his wage is lower than what civil service pays CSOs.
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I read my boss' e-mail , as it's in my job description, to get rid of spam and junk mail, and who can resist opening a mail titled with your name? Still, glittering praise aside, I didn't do some of the things above, and that makes me slightly uneasy.

Also, I titled this post "Little things that I'm thankful for" because it's just that - it's a little thing of what my boss' think of my performance so far, and I'm happy for the positive feedback they give.

Unfortunately, it's also a "Little thing" because according to my contract, under "Non-Solicitation", it says :

"You shall not seek or accept temporary, contract or permanent employment either directly or indirectly from the Client for at least three (3) months after the end date stated in this agreement. Should you accept such employment with the Client, you shall be liable to pay (HR Agency) at least 1 month of your monthly salary."

Which means that no matter how they try to negotiate, they will reach the stone wall made by this legal term in my contract.

Like I've said : I like the job (as much as it is super-multi-tasking), I like the people. But I need more money than this, especially with one course and another popping up now. So in other words, I guess I'll have to keep looking for a job.

This has made it all worthwhile though. :)