I anticipated a decent split of opinions...
Thanks for all the responses so far, much appreciated!
Based on all the reading I've done of other posts I anticipated there would be a few suggestions either way. To clear up a few details, here are some rough figures:
Current position: take home of 3.5k/month+9% pension+great health care and dental+28 days holiday+a host of other smaller perks+it's a huge software house so a decent chance for progression over the coming years, especially as I've worked hard on my rep and have been here 4 years already.
Offer:£500/day+6 Months initial+decent chance to roll for a good while if my face fits. I'm a global SME in the application they use (back office IT function) and existing guy has been in for a couple of years, they have a huge project coming up and want a fresh face.
The 2:1 ratio isn't far off and I've got a bit of cash behind me anyway and no commitments. The biggest consideration is that I'll be passing up a decent permie career path that genuinely has opportunities all over the world (I know there are no guarantees but I'm going with my best judgement in saying this). On the flip side right now the contract work would be so much more compelling.
Turning out to be a tricky call
Thanks for all the responses so far, much appreciated!
Based on all the reading I've done of other posts I anticipated there would be a few suggestions either way. To clear up a few details, here are some rough figures:
Current position: take home of 3.5k/month+9% pension+great health care and dental+28 days holiday+a host of other smaller perks+it's a huge software house so a decent chance for progression over the coming years, especially as I've worked hard on my rep and have been here 4 years already.
Offer:£500/day+6 Months initial+decent chance to roll for a good while if my face fits. I'm a global SME in the application they use (back office IT function) and existing guy has been in for a couple of years, they have a huge project coming up and want a fresh face.
The 2:1 ratio isn't far off and I've got a bit of cash behind me anyway and no commitments. The biggest consideration is that I'll be passing up a decent permie career path that genuinely has opportunities all over the world (I know there are no guarantees but I'm going with my best judgement in saying this). On the flip side right now the contract work would be so much more compelling.
Turning out to be a tricky call
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