guys, thank you for replying to the thread and giving me some guidance.
malvolio/eek: my currently salary (precisely £43.7K)is around £692/week/net/47weeks (5 weeks holiday - 23.5 days in fact). I've just signed up with Lucy-ContractorUmbrella. Salary £903/week/net. In terms of costs I will keep paying £13.20/day/train fare. I bring food everyday, so no "expenses as such". What will I have to pay that my employer takes care at the moment? 1% compulsory pension? Training (I would have to stay for 1x year otherwise repay the training in full to employer - better off using acloud.guru and linuxacademy from my pocket). So in figures £903 - £692 - £6.92(pension) = £204 (ok I forgot to add 5 days off-sick after first 3 days statutory - after probation period), so around 30% more per week. Worst case scenario is that I might be unemployed in 2x months time.
nothernladuk: Desperation = no development and "wasting time". In theory, from the interview, I will have to get involved with few things that I do not have much hands-on experience (fiber channel and a SIEM system). No income: 6x months redundancy pot, 100% offset on mortgage and OH's salary can take care of everything every month (stable jobs). Only drawback is that drip-feeding into SIPP will stop or be little every month. Out-of-work might put pressure so I can use time wisely to get Cloud/Linux certs; but I do understand your point.
cojak: thanks for the link, and you are absolutely right. I need to move away from this type of Infrastructure model as of yesterday. It is either Cloud or Security these days.
malvolio/eek: my currently salary (precisely £43.7K)is around £692/week/net/47weeks (5 weeks holiday - 23.5 days in fact). I've just signed up with Lucy-ContractorUmbrella. Salary £903/week/net. In terms of costs I will keep paying £13.20/day/train fare. I bring food everyday, so no "expenses as such". What will I have to pay that my employer takes care at the moment? 1% compulsory pension? Training (I would have to stay for 1x year otherwise repay the training in full to employer - better off using acloud.guru and linuxacademy from my pocket). So in figures £903 - £692 - £6.92(pension) = £204 (ok I forgot to add 5 days off-sick after first 3 days statutory - after probation period), so around 30% more per week. Worst case scenario is that I might be unemployed in 2x months time.
nothernladuk: Desperation = no development and "wasting time". In theory, from the interview, I will have to get involved with few things that I do not have much hands-on experience (fiber channel and a SIEM system). No income: 6x months redundancy pot, 100% offset on mortgage and OH's salary can take care of everything every month (stable jobs). Only drawback is that drip-feeding into SIPP will stop or be little every month. Out-of-work might put pressure so I can use time wisely to get Cloud/Linux certs; but I do understand your point.
cojak: thanks for the link, and you are absolutely right. I need to move away from this type of Infrastructure model as of yesterday. It is either Cloud or Security these days.
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