Been offered a Permie post.....

[TimberWolf]

If the mountain won’t come to teddy bear…

You could relocate, for a permie job.

[tay]

Doesnt really sound like you have the right personality to be a contractor. Thats not meant as an insult but some people crave stability and others carve change/flexibility and money.

I would take a good hard look at why you are a contractor and then evaluate things again. You sound like a permie who just decided to dabble in contracting because it seemed like an easy pay rise.

I ahve been offered a permnie job in nearly every place I ahve contracted, its not rare, so dont be to flattered. It will be really flattering when they give you a rate rise and an extension.

[Wilmslow]

Doesnt really sound like you have the right personality to be a contractor. Thats not meant as an insult but some people crave stability and others carve change/flexibility and money.

I would take a good hard look at why you are a contractor and then evaluate things again. You sound like a permie who just decided to dabble in contracting because it seemed like an easy pay rise.

I ahve been offered a permnie job in nearly every place I ahve contracted, its not rare, so dont be to flattered. It will be really flattering when they give you a rate rise and an extension.

Ouch, a little harsh for a fluffy newbie

I am contracting as I enjoyed the variety of consultancy, but want some control over where I go to, not to be ordered into places or situations I do not like. Hence contracting seemed the ideal path for me. Ideally I want to folow the money for a couple of years, take off a nice mortgage chunk, work hard to then play hard by experimenting in areas I REALLY want to work in after a couple of hard working years.

Would be interesting to know why others have chosen this path.

[tay]

Was not meant to be harsh. I am only going by the posts you made and I dont knwo your history/goals etc etc

But what I said is basically true from my perspective.

I got into Contracting because of money and lifestyle, and because I could care less about moving companies and work colleagues. I dont come to work to make life long friends, if I get along well enough to have a good time at work and occasional pub lunch/evening .. good enough for me.

I dont enjoy working so the time off between contracting suited and I have a personality which isnt adverse to new people and environments. I have never taken stability as a criteria in any job I have worked in.

[shelby68]

Sounds to me like you're a disguised employee already.

I wouldn't go back to permiedom, unless the job was fantastic, local and the pay obscene. Doesn't sound like this meets any of those criteria, and so for that reason, I'm out.

With you on that, I wouldn't go back to permy, as a friend of mine says "once you have a job instead of a career most of your problems at work disappear!"

No more reviews or any of that B@lls

[TheFaQQer]

After a few idiot managers, I decided that if I was going to work for an idiot, it might as well be me!

[NotAllThere]

"once you have a job instead of a career most of your problems at work disappear!"

Love it.

After my first contract, which was initially for 3 months, but actually lasted 18 months, I went back into permie. I was back contracting within a year. Then 2000 hit, and I got a management job, that was almost as much fun as contracting. Then I got another management job, that was almost as much fun as root canal surgery. I put on weight, got high blood pressure and drank far too much - the only plus was that it was at this time I became seriously ill due to a pre-existing condition, and got full pay while off sick. So, three years ago, I packed it in, went back to contracting as a programmer techy - I've lost 3 stone - so I'm only overweight - drink too much, but cos I want to, and have normal blood pressure.

12-16 weeks holiday a year, better pay. 8 hour working day and that's it. No appraisals, no career planning.

[youwhut]

Getting very happy and settled here.

I would consider topping myself if I felt like this on a contract.

[chicane]

I would consider topping myself if I felt like this on a contract.

Yes, all real contractors aspire to being miserable and unsettled during the third of their lives spent in the office.

[youwhut]

Yes, all real contractors aspire to being miserable and unsettled during the third of their lives spent in the office.

I just hate conforming - it's nothing do with contracting. When I feel settled, it's time to move on. My age has something to do with this?