Approached for a permie job paying 50% over market rates when looking for a contract

[stek]

Do you want to be an employee or run your own business? The sheep or the Shepard?

Shepherd, as in the pie.

[DirtyDog]

What are your thoughts on that?

Would you go permie if it paid exceptionally well?

Yes

Do they offer people with contractor minds more?

No

[zazou]

Epilogue

An epilogue to this thread...
The agent called yesterday to go over some details before my CV would be sent off to the client. Asked for what I was getting paid where I was last and when I gave him the figure he immediately said 'oh, they'll reject you straight away at permie market rate x 1.5, how low are you willing to accept, permie x 1.1?'.
I said no thanks, I wasn't really interested in a permanent position, it was just the initial salary (permie x 1.7) he mentioned that made me look into it.

[northernladuk]

An epilogue to this thread...
The agent called yesterday to go over some details before my CV would be sent off to the client. Asked for what I was getting paid where I was last and when I gave him the figure he immediately said 'oh, they'll reject you straight away at permie market rate x 1.5, how low are you willing to accept, permie x 1.1?'.
I said no thanks, I wasn't really interested in a permanent position, it was just the initial salary (permie x 1.7) he mentioned that made me look into it.

I hope you said about £8k.....

What's all this about permie rate 1.x? You mean there is a base permie market rate for this job and you expected to be in with a sniff at 50-70% more than normal? I musta missed that bit.

[Old Greg]

An epilogue to this thread...
The agent called yesterday to go over some details before my CV would be sent off to the client. Asked for what I was getting paid where I was last and when I gave him the figure he immediately said 'oh, they'll reject you straight away at permie market rate x 1.5, how low are you willing to accept, permie x 1.1?'.
I said no thanks, I wasn't really interested in a permanent position, it was just the initial salary (permie x 1.7) he mentioned that made me look into it.

The buggers!

I am considering a permie role (well 3 year FTC). The money is better than contracting but more importantly when the 3 years are up I will have an impressive wodge of experience on my CV to go back to contracting - experience I couldn't get in three years of contracting.

[zazou]

I hope you said about £8k.....

What's all this about permie rate 1.x? You mean there is a base permie market rate for this job and you expected to be in with a sniff at 50-70% more than normal? I musta missed that bit.

Sorry dude, 1.7 as in 70% extra and no, it was too good to be true but worth playing along.

The buggers!

I am considering a permie role (well 3 year FTC). The money is better than contracting but more importantly when the 3 years are up I will have an impressive wodge of experience on my CV to go back to contracting - experience I couldn't get in three years of contracting.

Yes, that was also the other attraction for me, it would've bolstered my CV considerably.

[jmo21]

An epilogue to this thread...
The agent called yesterday to go over some details before my CV would be sent off to the client. Asked for what I was getting paid where I was last and when I gave him the figure he immediately said 'oh, they'll reject you straight away at permie market rate x 1.5, how low are you willing to accept, permie x 1.1?'.
I said no thanks, I wasn't really interested in a permanent position, it was just the initial salary (permie x 1.7) he mentioned that made me look into it.

Forget all the 1.X multipliers.

Did you agree a figure in the first call, lets say £70k, then when you told him you were on £40K in your last job he changed the goalposts?

Or did he only ever talk in 1.X market rate multipliers?