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I go with a) every time. I would find anything else to be unprofessional.

I don't "effectively suck", I disagree with them on the timing. I'll explain my reasoning, and if they cannot accept that, then it's out of my hands; they have chosen to cut corners.

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I go with a) as well, and I add a very generous time allowance on top of my estimate. But you can't really do much when you're told to 'get it done this week'. First to go out the window is TDD, of course.

Have seen companies fire people for that. Sometimes you can't afford that.

If a company chose to fire me for that, I would not want to work at that company anyhow.

I know this is somewhat naive; not everyone is in a position where they can pick and choose what companies they wish to work at. But still, such a company would be a terrible company to work at.

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