Permie alert

[rootsnall]

Download a few permie project manager (or any other manager) job descriptions. They all say much the same: a minimum number of hours, no maximum, "evenings, weekends or out of hours as necessary" and the last line is always "and any other activities as required".

Permie is crap.

I'm going in as a techie and intend giving them a decent 37.5hrs a week on average. We'll have to see how it pans out.

Permie PM work

[SueEllen]

I'm going in as a techie and intend giving them a decent 37.5hrs a week on average. We'll have to see how it pans out.

[rootsnall]

Probably.

I have a nice easy solution to all potential nightmares, I resign and I'm back in the contract market. A much more comfortable position for me than the thought of rocking up to work 47 weeks a year. But the money and location are good and suits my current circumstances, so I'll give it a go.

[pastalista]

Permie

Probably.

I have a nice easy solution to all potential nightmares, I resign and I'm back in the contract market. A much more comfortable position for me than the thought of rocking up to work 47 weeks a year. But the money and location are good and suits my current circumstances, so I'll give it a go.

I haven't been a permie for 30 years but I am now at the stage of my career where I can't really go any higher as an interim / contractor. The lure of the CIO / CTO / Programme Director roles in the permie world is getting stronger. I've seen some pretty big money jobs advertised but I don't know if after 30 years I could hack being perm again.

I'm guessing quite a lot has changed but maybe it's all just as it was really with a slightly different language.

I've started shuddering now so I'd better stop.

Pastalista