anyone else considering permiedom?

[MyUserName]

Must admit, Im surprised places are taking on contractors moving into permie. Usually, you'll get knocked back by the agent because they \ the client realises you're going to jump ship as soon as the market improves.

FTFY

[Notascooby]

Must admit, Im surprised places are taking on contractors moving into permie. Usually, you'll get knocked back by the agent because they \ the client thinks you're going to jump ship as soon as the market improves.

Maybe different for me as I'm sitting pretty in a contract until June that I know will roll and also have been offered a higher paying contract with an initial 6 months at a better rate. So they knew from day 1 I was in 2 minds whether to jump, this played well in terms of pushing the boundaries for the package as they knew no matter what they offered it was still going to be lower than my current, never mind new contract rate.

I didn't actually think I'd take it but weighing it up, this is one of these opportunities that don't spring up often, where as a SA contract in finance are advertised weekly (at least at the moment).

I was approached before about a perm role and the agent did stress I'd need to be pretty convincing that I really wanted to go back to perm, which at the time, I realised wasn't the case.
Thankfully at the level I'm going in at, performance reviews and management bulltulip won't feature highly, although there's no hiding either as I've got a lot to deliver...

[radish2008]

I've been considering it after 8 weeks on the bench. 5 or 6 weeks of that looking hard. Shame as I love contracting but this has been the longest gap so far, the market up t'north seems a bit flat and London seems busier but I can't get a reply when chasing stuff up, never mind an interview.

[BlasterBates]

I´m very close to becoming a permie , because the office is a 5 minute walk. Basically I´ve decided I´m not going to travel anymore, but it is almost impossible to get a contract close to home, and still difficult if you´re prepared to travel. In the past I accepted contracts away because I saw it as something temporary until the market picked up, but what I´m seeing now is what seems to me is a slow terminal decline. I think the market is changing. The banks were a huge employer of contractors and although I am seeing the regulatory driven contracts once that´s over with I think they´ll bunker down. My feeling is those contractors into SAP and "the such" are probably in a better position.

[rurffy]

Just accepted a perm role...shall I delete my account now?

Reasons

• Much bigger role and responsibility, good package (great for Scotland) - maybe not contractor money (although probably the equiv of £400 per day).
• Needed a bigger challenge than just doing Solution Architecture in finance
• Sick of wondering - how the hell did so-&-so get to be in that position - then realised they got there by grabbing opportunities*such as this
• I know the people I'll be working with and for and they're great - that's worth £200 per day in my eyes
• The wife will finally be able to workout how I get paid

If after 18 months it doesn't work out, worst case is that I drop back into current role @ £500-600 per day, more likely I take a more senior role at a higher rate.

This is a case of pushing myself into a bigger and badder role, I'm actually bricking it!

Just wondering - with these rates, whats your Background..

[flambo]

anyone else considering permiedom?

£500-600 is the standard rate for Investment banks in London. I know BAs on £700 a day who are close to useless. That said roles that used to pay 650 now pay 550. The train full of gravy seems to have become derailed. Choo choo

[stek]

anyone else considering permiedom?

£500-600 is the standard rate for Investment banks in London. I know BAs on £700 a day who are close to useless. That said roles that used to pay 650 now pay 550. The train full of gravy seems to have become derailed. Choo choo

I'm working at a Bank and was surprised at at the amount of simpering girls working around me. Turns out they are BAs....

[GB9]

Just accepted a perm role...shall I delete my account now?

Reasons [LIST][*]Much bigger role and responsibility, good package (great for
Scotland) - maybe not contractor money (although probably the equiv of £400 per day).

This is a case of pushing myself into a bigger and badder role, I'm actually bricking it!

I nearly did this a couple of month's ago, until, after a lot of pushing, the outfit admitted that a large chunk of bonus was based on increasing the offering to the client (I think its called sales), and I'm useless at that. Hence, in current contract.

Having said that, if the right role came up relatively close to home on a permie basis, then I would definitely be interested.

[psychocandy]

Question for those considering perm - do you consider it a career move or just something to pay the bills till the market picks up?

Also, how clever are employers at picking up on this? Surely they aint dull enough not to realise this in a lot of cases? Or are they?

[MyUserName]

Question for those considering perm - do you consider it a career move or just something to pay the bills till the market picks up?

Also, how clever are employers at picking up on this? Surely they aint dull enough not to realise this in a lot of cases? Or are they?

I had a perm interview and they were very curious as to why I wanted to work there when I had experience as a contractor. They asked several times and I had to repeatedly explain that the company was a 5 minute walk from my house etc.

If you have a perm interview you will need to have a very good explaination as to why you are changing from contractor to perm.