Finish before Easter or extend to mid July - WWYD

[Ltd ability]

my current contract ends just before Easter and I've been offered an extension that finished just before the summer holidays, so both end around the time hiring managers (or folk needed to sign off contracts) disappear on holidays.

What would you do? I'm leaning towards turning down the extension - easter is shorter than the summer break and is usually when shiny new budgets are burning a hole in people's pockets.

Interested in hearing other people's thoughts

[doconline]

Any chance of another extension after July?

[Ltd ability]

Slim chance of an additional extension, if there was one it'd bring me up to September i'd say

[northernladuk]

That makes absolutely no sense to me at all.

[kaiser78]

my current contract ends just before Easter and I've been offered an extension that finished just before the summer holidays, so both end around the time hiring managers (or folk needed to sign off contracts) disappear on holidays.

What would you do? I'm leaning towards turning down the extension - easter is shorter than the summer break and is usually when shiny new budgets are burning a hole in people's pockets.

Interested in hearing other people's thoughts

You needs to give us a bit more information before we can inform you. Based on my current circumstances I would renew.

[SueEllen]

You needs to give us a bit more information before we can inform you. Based on my current circumstances I would renew.

+1

Renew, have a summer holiday and start a new contract in September.

[Ltd ability]

What sort of info would help? it's a BA gig - my background is banking but this isn't a banking role. Market seems to be fairly healthy at the moment (i'm in Scotland). Took a reduced rate on this role as it's fairly interesting

[WTFH]

That makes absolutely no sense to me at all.

What he appears to be saying is "should I turn down work now in the hope of getting other work, or take work being offered and see what happens at the end of it?"

[northernladuk]

What he appears to be saying is "should I turn down work now in the hope of getting other work, or take work being offered and see what happens at the end of it?"

Hmm.. I hoped it was better than that. A decision that is based on client managers being on holiday and clients having new budgets then want to spend is beyond flawed.

[eek]

What sort of info would help? it's a BA gig - my background is banking but this isn't a banking role. Market seems to be fairly healthy at the moment (i'm in Scotland). Took a reduced rate on this role as it's fairly interesting

Really???? Given the number of contractors RBS have kicked out what I'm hearing on the grapevine is very different...