After repeated offers/invitations from clients, I took the chance and went perm a few years back. Named my price, client practically invented the job for me and I was reporting to board level.
Hated it hated it hated. I knew I'd made a bad decision while leafing through the contract - annual leave days, sickness policy, grievance policy, blah blah blah. Truth is from day one I knew I'd be back - left the Ltd Co ticking over and quit pretty much 12 months to the day. I was on the fence and I got an e-mail to say we'd been brought out - wrote my resignation there and then.
So, on that basis, I'll be doing everything in my power to avoid a perm job. I'm not saying I'm in some way special and won't be impacted by IR35, but for me, almost anything is better than Perm. Plus, I try not to be too cynical. That said, I do think I'm well positioned - I do almost pure project work and have a lot of gigs that are so far out of IR35 it's untrue but I'm certainly not naive enough to think things aren't about to get tough.
I've currently got two projects ongoing with the type of boutique consultancy mentioned previously, and still have contacts in others - hopefully, their gain can be my gain though there's a challenge around the consistency of supply at the minute. Ad-hoc projects are hard to manage and tend to be very London bus esque - sit on your arse for weeks, then you're juggling and turning down projects. Rinse and repeat.
Hated it hated it hated. I knew I'd made a bad decision while leafing through the contract - annual leave days, sickness policy, grievance policy, blah blah blah. Truth is from day one I knew I'd be back - left the Ltd Co ticking over and quit pretty much 12 months to the day. I was on the fence and I got an e-mail to say we'd been brought out - wrote my resignation there and then.
So, on that basis, I'll be doing everything in my power to avoid a perm job. I'm not saying I'm in some way special and won't be impacted by IR35, but for me, almost anything is better than Perm. Plus, I try not to be too cynical. That said, I do think I'm well positioned - I do almost pure project work and have a lot of gigs that are so far out of IR35 it's untrue but I'm certainly not naive enough to think things aren't about to get tough.
I've currently got two projects ongoing with the type of boutique consultancy mentioned previously, and still have contacts in others - hopefully, their gain can be my gain though there's a challenge around the consistency of supply at the minute. Ad-hoc projects are hard to manage and tend to be very London bus esque - sit on your arse for weeks, then you're juggling and turning down projects. Rinse and repeat.
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