back to perm job?

[contractor79]

Is it time to get back into a perm job? Will the contract market be wiped out by credit crunch which is yet to properly bite the working man?

[Advocate]

I'm coming to my first contract end (not counting renewals) and I'm considering it to ride out the downturn, is this just newbie panicking? Probably!

[TheFaQQer]

I'm coming to my first contract end (not counting renewals) and I'm considering it to ride out the downturn, is this just newbie panicking? Probably!

If you do that, then bear in mind that this could impact your ability to claim expenses.

[Crossroads]

Why do you think a perm role will be secure?

[Advocate]

Why do you think a perm role will be secure?

I don't but there seems to be a huge rise in availability as opposed to a fall in contracts in my field. Could be just the season I guess...

[contractor79]

Why do you think a perm role will be secure?

it would appear strange for someone to be seeking to fill a perm role now if they didn't have the money to do so

[Hex]

If you are one of the last employees to be taken on during a downturn and they start making redundancies do you think you might be near the head of the queue? Particularly as they don't have to pay you so much redundancy money if you've been there less than 2 years I think.

[Shimano105]

Don't forget that you'll have a hell of a job convincing them that you aren't doing exactly what you have metnioned here.

Employers are very nervous of ex contractors, especially in downturns. Ride it out like a man!

[YHB]

it would appear strange for someone to be seeking to fill a perm role now if they didn't have the money to do so

The guy hiring you would have little idea of future plans at high level for tomrrow never mind next month

[contractor79]

Don't forget that you'll have a hell of a job convincing them that you aren't doing exactly what you have metnioned here.

Employers are very nervous of ex contractors, especially in downturns. Ride it out like a man!

yeah I'm a man!