Hi all
Hope every one is well.
I have been a software engineer for a number of years now within a permanent role. But recently I have been told by a few friends(some contractors themselves) and family to turn to contracting.
So I contacted an employment agency to ask for some advice and he guided me to this website and gave me some very interesting advice.
But I wondering if I could ask for some more advice from fellow people on the site please.
I have always been fearful of turning to contracting as the idea of not having a steady income has worried me, is this something I am worrying about too much?
Is the flow of jobs quite good? in terms of when one contract finishes another is ready? When do you apply for your next contract?
Is is better to have a Ltd company or just got through umbrella company. As my friends have said they have a good accountant they use that they can recommend to me too.
Peoples experience of moving from permanent to contracting, has that been easy?
What do people do about pension and sick pay insurance?
Jobs, do you only look locally? If it is far from home do you work from home or stay in hotel etc?
Sorry for the bombardment of questions, as you can tell I am letting my thoughts spiral out of control and need some advice from fellow professionals.
Many thanks
Hope every one is well.
I have been a software engineer for a number of years now within a permanent role. But recently I have been told by a few friends(some contractors themselves) and family to turn to contracting.
So I contacted an employment agency to ask for some advice and he guided me to this website and gave me some very interesting advice.
But I wondering if I could ask for some more advice from fellow people on the site please.
I have always been fearful of turning to contracting as the idea of not having a steady income has worried me, is this something I am worrying about too much?
Is the flow of jobs quite good? in terms of when one contract finishes another is ready? When do you apply for your next contract?
Is is better to have a Ltd company or just got through umbrella company. As my friends have said they have a good accountant they use that they can recommend to me too.
Peoples experience of moving from permanent to contracting, has that been easy?
What do people do about pension and sick pay insurance?
Jobs, do you only look locally? If it is far from home do you work from home or stay in hotel etc?
Sorry for the bombardment of questions, as you can tell I am letting my thoughts spiral out of control and need some advice from fellow professionals.
Many thanks
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