Comparing contract to perm rate / salary

[psychocandy]

That 1000x hourly rate has made me feel a bit sad..... :-(

[SpontaneousOrder]

That 1000x hourly rate has made me feel a bit sad..... :-(

Why?

[psychocandy]

Why?

Cos of the rate I'm on at the mo.

[MyUserName]

Unless there is a pressing need to move I would stay where you are. If you are going to move send us the details of the vacancy you have left as it sounds quite sweet!

If you would like to specialise, perhaps you could contribute to an open source project in a field which interests you?

[DirtyDog]

By the way chaps....leaning heavily towards the stay in the perm role camp and push hard to get exposure to new things and take on more responsibility/seniority (exceptionally difficult where I am but not impossible).

At the post £650 rate of £450, taking into account bench time + the (potential) security and sick pay of a perm role that's located in a reasonable bit of the UK it just doesn't stack up and as was mentioned before it would be personal reasons that make me switch.

I think rather than walk away from problems as much as I have in the past I might tackle this one further. Especially if I can get an MSc out of them.

That's what I'd do in your situation.