The Dark Side beckons....

[DaveB]

Nope, you would just have to rip his ******* head off and be done with it

Then claim it was the stress of the job that made you do it and go on long term sick leave untill you can get a contract. Boomed!

[Dark Black]

Bit of an update - turns out the initial work package is totally different to the primary job spec that they were selling the job for - different technologies etc

Without boring with the details, suffice to say it's not the sort of thing I'd want to be doing as a permie.... so I fed this back but have said I'd be willing to do it as a contractor initially and then take the permie role at the end (if it was still available).

It's all about mindsets - as a contractor I'm quite happy to do any old tulip and bill for it, as a permie I have higher expectations about the sort of work I'm prepared to do!

If they play ball then fair do's and I get to invoice for a bit longer - if not then I can sleep easy knowing I've narrowly escaped a naff job.

[d000hg]

On the downside I've checked out how much Tax/NI I'll be paying

So it must be high-paying then. Get over yourself and take it if you need the money.

[northernladuk]

Then claim it was the stress of the job that made you do it and go on long term sick leave untill you can get a contract. Boomed!

You are a devious man DaveB. I like it!!!

I'd be willing to do it as a contractor initially and then take the permie role at the end

Don't need to mention IR35 at this point then?

[MarillionFan]

You are a devious man DaveB. I like it!!!



Don't need to mention IR35 at this point then?

If it pays enough, why does IR35 matter!

[northernladuk]

If it pays enough, why does IR35 matter!

But you don't know it is paying well enough so a bit of a waste of a post really. It would be safer to assume that it isn't going to pay too well if they budget is set and gonna get eaten alive by a contractor rate for a period so IR35 is very important

[Dark Black]

So it must be high-paying then. Get over yourself and take it if you need the money.

Not really, but enough to be into the 40% tax bracket - I think the way things are looking that it's increasingly unlikely I'll take it - beginning to leave a bad taste in the mouth and remind about all the things I hate about perm work.