Are high paying contract jobs generally less interesting?

[NotAllThere]

From experience, the higher paid jobs involve longer hours and more grief.

On one project i did I easily had the highest day rate. On an hourly rate it wasn't much different to others.

The best UK contract I had (1999 to 2000) paid £620 a day for a 7 hour day. Not much grief either - except the poor champagne provided by PwC.

[northernladuk]

The best UK contract I had (1999 to 2000) paid £620 a day for a 7 hour day. Not much grief either - except the poor champagne provided by PwC.

You are all for bigging yourself up today NAT. Having problems with Mr Floppy or something?

[Bee]

You are all for bigging yourself up today NAT. Having problems with Mr Floppy or something?

I haven't seen him humiliate others like you do every day. I'm wonder what would be your problem.

[northernladuk]

I haven't seen him humiliate others like you do every day. I'm wonder what would be your problem.

Cry baby kiss ass.

[Bee]

Cry baby kiss ass.

This is a professional forum.

[stek]

This is a professional forum.

So's your mum.

[scooterscot]

In my industry yes. Chasing dollars to satisfy a deadline is often the way.

[NotAllThere]

You are all for bigging yourself up today NAT. Having problems with Mr Floppy or something?

Now then children, this is the professional forum so less of the .

The champagne was for go live and it was pisspoor. Just for your information.

[oliverson]

Now then children, this is the professional forum so less of the .

The champagne was for go live and it was pisspoor. Just for your information.

What was pisspoor, the champagne or the go live? Or both?

[itjobs]

It seems the best paying customers are Finance, Fintech and Government.

There are some roles out there with day rates of £650-£700, but the technologies are not always the most interesting.

I'm in doubts whether to focus more on having an interesting role versus a high day rate.

Is it so that higher paid roles are often more boring jobs or not?

It means more meetings, listening to loads of BS and less time to do actual work. On top of it, one may be at lose of guts to invoke notice period and walk away.