Hello all, new poster!! Great forum.
I have a slightly difficult one and was after some general advice.
I used to work as a member of staff for a company but was made redundant after only 3months.
The market was pretty bad and after hunting the job market I managed to secure a job with the sister company of the original one. To be clear, each company is a seperate entity but occupies the same building and has a common accounts department. They are called a "group" but are involved in completely different activities and do not share information, staff or any other resource that I am aware of.
I worked at the sister company up until about 10months ago when I decided to move on and have been working elsewhere since as a member of staff.
I was approached the other week by the partner of the initial company as they are looking for someone to lead a project for them for 6-12month duration.
I have been building various relationships and networking generally within the industry and would like to undertake this work as a contractor with a view to taking on some other contracts concurrently and build a business with various income streams.
I know that working as a contractor for a previous employer is tenuous, and I have heard a 12month timeframe mentioned as a cut off. Given this and the fact that I actually worked for that employer some 16months ago before moving to the sister in the group, what everyones thoughts on this?
I have a slightly difficult one and was after some general advice.
I used to work as a member of staff for a company but was made redundant after only 3months.
The market was pretty bad and after hunting the job market I managed to secure a job with the sister company of the original one. To be clear, each company is a seperate entity but occupies the same building and has a common accounts department. They are called a "group" but are involved in completely different activities and do not share information, staff or any other resource that I am aware of.
I worked at the sister company up until about 10months ago when I decided to move on and have been working elsewhere since as a member of staff.
I was approached the other week by the partner of the initial company as they are looking for someone to lead a project for them for 6-12month duration.
I have been building various relationships and networking generally within the industry and would like to undertake this work as a contractor with a view to taking on some other contracts concurrently and build a business with various income streams.
I know that working as a contractor for a previous employer is tenuous, and I have heard a 12month timeframe mentioned as a cut off. Given this and the fact that I actually worked for that employer some 16months ago before moving to the sister in the group, what everyones thoughts on this?
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