Pay Cut for contractors? Perm staff get pay increase...

[psychocandy]

FTFY.

WHS.

The person who looks after the beans ultimately decides (i.e. the bean counters). All well and good to kick off and convince the manager that you're invaluable - he might even agree but all to no avail if bean counters arent convinced.

Bean counters wont care if the business goes down the swanee if you leave as long as their beans are lined up properly.

[Platypus]

If he is a contractor he needs to start thinking and acting like one. With that mind set and use of terminology he is putting himself in IR35.

Yes yes blah blah but I suspect that general IT bods of the helpdesk variety may not have many options compared to more skilled IT workers. I suspect they are contractors in name but temps in practice.

All I'm saying is, OP might not have the same options that you or I have.

EDIT: Apologies the the OP if my assumptions are wrong, or I sound like a smug git, no offence intended, I was trying to put over another POV