Client wants to hire me as a permie

[SueEllen]

Exactly my thought. Has anyone been cought by IR35 on this forum at all? For all I know they are changing legislation with higher taxes etc because IR35 is so ineffective...

If you search on through google there are posters who had an IR35 fight with the taxman. The taxman dropped their cases.

[pr1]

Well, I turned over 18K, correct, thus far.
You also have to understand I relocated to London, prior to my contract starting.

I then didn't work for 6 months, so that was 18K for 9 months work.
This has been my point all along.

Does it sound so good to you now?

it was 18k for 3 months work, dont pretend you were working 40 hour weeks looking for your next contract - permies don't get 6 months off after being paid quadruple their normal sal for 12 weeks

if that was your only big gap in 15? (cant remember what you said) years then sounds pretty good

[MrMarkyMark]

it was 18k for 3 months work, dont pretend you were working 40 hour weeks looking for your next contract - permies don't get 6 months off after being paid quadruple their normal sal for 12 weeks

As usual, you spectacularly missing the point, i.e. the risk.

I actually put a lot of time into gaining my next contract, remember, not all that 18K was mine and I had no other cash reserves at that time.
Certainly not "6 months off" .

That particular dead period was over the summer, so, not a lot of contracts around and probably my lack of experience, at the time, didn't help.

if that was your only big gap in 15?

Certainly not, do you remember the economic downturn (meltdown), yep, many contractors did not survive it.

The fact is you are new to this and this shows, you have not seen the hard times.
These are the realities, regardless of what you are currently experiencing, during this, so called, economic upturn.

Lets see where you are in 15 years or so and we'll take it from there .

[LondonManc]

it was 18k for 3 months work, dont pretend you were working 40 hour weeks looking for your next contract - permies don't get 6 months off after being paid quadruple their normal sal for 12 weeks

if that was your only big gap in 15? (cant remember what you said) years then sounds pretty good

You've never had bench time then?

Summer 2012 was absolute tulip in London for getting a new gig - Olympics and Jubilee celebrations had taken the place over.

I've been contracting for six years and had a six-month stint on the bench. Fortunately I had a warchest to get me through it; MrMarkyMark clearly didn't. Until you've had "decent" bench time, you can't appreciate the risk involved in not being a permie and getting a good redundancy package.