How did you do this year?

[MasterBait]

How did you do this year?
turnover down by 50%

What went well:
Furloughing myself and get a permie job so double income.

What went bad:
I quit my permie job after 3 months as I absolute couldn't stand being a permie for one second longer

[Elliegirl]

How did you do this year?
Pretty well. In the last phase of a big transformation programme. Contract has been extended until the end of March to transition to bau/mop up, so hoping the market is looking healthier by then.

What went well:
Working from home. I used to hate it. Absolutely love it now. I feel much more in control of my life. My local supermarket has cut price items at the start of the day and I've bought some unbelievable bargains which I share with families who need a bit of extra help. Also started going to the gym which has had unexpected health benefits.

What went bad:
Got Covid bad. Really bad. Sick for a month and still suffering side effects. But hugely grateful to God that I'm still alive.

[nomadd]

How did you do this year?
Retired.

What went well:
Retirement.

What went bad:
Hurt my knee running.

[NotAllThere]

Better than antici.....pated. £190K prorata. (I work parttime). That includes six days to the end of the year for handover. This is at the termination of a fifteen year contract. Not the best ever by any means - I had a perfect storm one year that netted nearly £400K.

Next year - permie. Which should take me decently remunerated to retirement, since the company I'm working for don't do ageism.


(Bear in mind that I'm paid in Swiss francs, and so the amounts are inflated by the relative strengths of the franc and the £ ).


What went well Got new eyes, courtesy of cataract surgery. So now only wear glasses for reading. And even then, it's only occasionally. WFH. Granddaughter.

What went badly Fsking bladder isn't working, so many infections... (not prostate issues, not cancer - they'd be easily treatable). WFH. Missing out on long term colleague leaving dos due to lockdown. Closing my company down.

[jayn200]

Billed 190 so far this calendar year, will end up at 220 for the year which is a little low for me but I wasn't in contract for till mid feb because i flirted with going perm.

Financially/business wise its been fine but its been the most boring year of my life, probably the easiest most relaxing year as well but boring. Kind of feels like someone stole a year of my life.

[Antman]

Had a two month break at the start of the year before deciding that I'd like to get into the travel industry

That lasted for 2 months before being let go. 3 months out before starting a WFH for a consultancy in Dublin. Not a spectacular rate but the old normal has gone so quite happy overall plus no IR35 nonsense. WFH is a lot cheaper and the shed went to the scrapyard.

Started a Masters online, learning a lot but I'm not sure I'll finish.

Roll-on 2021!

[SussexSeagull]

Was going great guns in the first half of the year with a solid if not spectacular paying contract that would have taken me into July and possibly beyond. WFH from March onwards before getting terminated early in May.

Absolutely horrible trying to find a new contract. Had no interviews and about half a dozen phone calls in about five months. Eventually a contact called me out of the blue to do a part time thing I started this week.

Just hope we have bottomed out.

[quackhandle]

What went bad:
Binned end of April.
Ripped off with garage roof to the tune of 4k, still smarts.
Clients/pimps just not bothering to tell you ya or nay after an interview. Goes with the territory but still pisses me off


What went well:
WFH since March.
Lockdown with the family, it was nice.
Working on plan B
Now back at previous client.
Selling loads of stuff on ebay, which is paying for xmas presents. Frugal? Moi?

qh

[Lance]

Who said it was early?

*runs*

retiring whilst still fit to ski counts as early in the eyes of the government. If too many people do that they'll shift the pension ages again.

[simes]

How did you do this year?
Rubbish

What went bad:
Binned end March due to IR35 flakiness of foreign(!) client
By the time IR35 reform was lifted, my position was back filled
New Job1 which started in Oct as Outside IR35 was terminated four days in (at same (bloody) client as above!) due them having a rethink and expecting me to sign an Inside version. Nope.
New Job 2 which was due to have started in Oct, has yet to start.

What went well:
Job 2 still has my name on it (So technically this is more of a What Will Go Well)
Am publishing a book. Will be in the shops for Xmas. New venture, new world, all very interesting...