should I go for it?

[kknandoo]

Hi guys,

just trying to get a feel for this - have been contracting with a client for £300 pday for the past 2.5 years....have been told they wanna permanent position, and said I would be expecting to take it. I kinda told them I am not ready for it.

But I know am not ready for this, as with my skills ( oracle BIEE, data warehousing, etl etc.) I can get much better rate (atleast another £50 - £75 per day) if I go out.

any thoughts ? I know it is upto one's personal circumstances.

Many Thanks
nandoo

[PAH]

You will only get a better rate if you can get another contract.

With the contract market as it is, extremely contracted, many contractors have been tempted with a spot of permie life. Some see it as taking a medium term contract at a lower rate while the market picks up.

If the tulips hit the fan later this year like many think, there might be even less work out there so the gamble depends on how long you can afford to live off what you already have in the bank while waiting for that contract to come along.

Worth checking out those permie/contractor salary/rate calculators to see just how much difference your expectations are when compared to whatever permie package is on offer.

Maybe put out some feelers for a contract before making a decision so you can gauge how warm or cold the market is for your skills.

[oracleslave]

http://www.jobserve.com/Urgent-Oracl...A4728A34.jsjob

http://www.jobserve.com/OBIEE-Develo...ED2B459C.jsjob

http://www.jobserve.com/OWB-OBIEE-Co...D2C5DC98.jsjob

[PAH]

As always, any adverts on jobsites come with invisible "This vacancy may be a figment of the agent's imagination", but no harm in putting them to the test.

[TykeMerc]

As PAH said it's all well and good thinking you can get a higher paying contract, but with the market as it is that's a lot easier said than done.

You've already been at the client quite a long time so you're not far off being a permie already.
If the deal is good and the work suits you then take it, if the deal isn't good enough negotiate and if you hate the place find a new contract and leave on good professional terms.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Hi guys,

just trying to get a feel for this - have been contracting with a client for £300 pday for the past 2.5 years....have been told they wanna permanent position, and said I would be expecting to take it. I kinda told them I am not ready for it.

But I know am not ready for this, as with my skills ( oracle BIEE, data warehousing, etl etc.) I can get much better rate (atleast another £50 - £75 per day) if I go out.

any thoughts ? I know it is upto one's personal circumstances.

Many Thanks
nandoo

Have you tried applying and seen if you could get any interviews?

[kknandoo]

Hi guys,

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did applied for a contract in the mean time and have an interview on this friday, rate is £50 more than what I am paid now.

Now, just to add to my dilemma, I hv bn told by my manager that they would like me to be with them until they find a suitable replacement, adding they are not in a hurry and could wait until end of May ( atleast), unless I decide to ditch the ship.

.

I kind of decided to stay until May, as I do not want to leave the project half-the-way through, if they do't press me for Permie. I am even thinking to ask them to up my rate, worth a try? is't it?

Thanks again for all the feedback

Regards
Nandoo

[TheFaQQer]

Hi guys,

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did applied for a contract in the mean time and have an interview on this friday, rate is £50 more than what I am paid now.

Now, just to add to my dilemma, I hv bn told by my manager that they would like me to be with them until they find a suitable replacement, adding they are not in a hurry and could wait until end of May ( atleast), unless I decide to ditch the ship.

.

I kind of decided to stay until May, as I do not want to leave the project half-the-way through, if they do't press me for Permie. I am even thinking to ask them to up my rate, worth a try? is't it?

Thanks again for all the feedback

Regards
Nandoo

I would suggest that if you are unable to spell "have", "been", "don't" or "isn't" correctly, your chances of securing a higher paying role may be slim.

[PAH]

I kind of decided to stay until May, as I do not want to leave the project half-the-way through, if they do't press me for Permie. I am even thinking to ask them to up my rate, worth a try? is't it?

While I'm all for keeping a good professional relationship with the client, may lead to more work later, if you've got a firm offer on the table it's a prime opportunity to say you're terminating your current contract in favour of the new one unless they go some way to meeting your new better rate.

If they really do need/want you they'll come to at least a compromise.

It's not like clients will be worrying if you have another contract to go to when they decide they no longer need you.

Business is business: Be too soft and you get taken for a mug; Be too hard and you don't get any work.

[NeverBeenNorthOfTheM25]

I would suggest that if you are unable to spell "have", "been", "don't" or "isn't" correctly, your chances of securing a higher paying role may be slim.

Yes because many a time Ive been turned down for a role because on my answer sheet I wrote dont instead of don't.