Frustration

[Diestl]

I can garentee you will land on your feet.


In what I'm not sure but it will be feet first..


I a side note. I had to go permy during the downturn. I basically needed to go contracting again.. (divorce-need the money) Secured a contract with ASAP start - went to my boss and explained the situation. Left at the end of that day with a support contract for my old employer. Still billing them a grand a month


Its all negotiable .

This is my plan hope to leave and then do some evening weekend work worth 1k a month.

[dmini]

Save up some holiday. Tag it to your notice period. ie 4 weeks notice - last 2 weeks holiday!
Did it on permie jobs all the time - used to overlap them. ie on holiday last week of notice at company "A", start working for company "B" at start of that week.
Even did it on my last contract - admittedly only 2 days though Got the end date back to a Friday, started new contract on Monday

[MarillionFan]

". I had to go permy during the downturn"

LOL. Just an opportunist aren't you Monkey Boy. I could buy and sell you! and frequently did.

MF
www.monkeytrading.co.uk

[GreenerGrass]

Save up some holiday. Tag it to your notice period. ie 4 weeks notice - last 2 weeks holiday!
Did it on permie jobs all the time - used to overlap them. ie on holiday last week of notice at company "A", start working for company "B" at start of that week.
Even did it on my last contract - admittedly only 2 days though Got the end date back to a Friday, started new contract on Monday

Good advice and helps with the cash flow, its almost impossible to find anyone who will wait a month, get it down to two weeks and you have far more chance. Get it down to 1 week or less and you are much nearer the top of the list.

"Its a leap of faith".

[stan2484]

Jfdi

I have been on both sides of the coin, I was lucky enough to secure my current contract with a 4 week notice period from my last permie job (never going back!) and yes it took about 6 months for that to happen.

However a few years ago I jumped from a permie job with only a weeks notice with no contract in the offing, I had a mortgage and 3 kids at the time and was earning good dollars, thought my nuts were going to end up being stuffed in my gob by the wife!! but it only took me a sum total of 3 days to land a contract, as it has been posted before if you can start yesterday you will get sorted PDQ.

Some good advice from the guys who have already posted is to fire some brass in the bank while you still hope for a notice period deal, once you have that bang your cards in and you will be sorted as soon as the door hits you on the arrse on the way out of permiedom!!.

Good luck fella.

[chef]

I'm with Cojak and Xen,

Save up some cash, hoard your holdiays, have the fantastic satisfaction of "politely" telling your last ever boss that you have decided to take the plunge. Watch his/her face fall over the next day or so as they realise you're being serious and prepare for the other permie scum to approach you as though you've just announced your terminally ill.

Search like mad for a contract and trust that your good enough to get one that at minimum pays the bills. Anything better than that (and they usually are unless you have the spending skills of Threaded) and your laughing.

Jump.. go on we dare ya..

[pickle]

notice

Who says you have to give them any notice? Find a contract starting tomorow (say you are immediatley avaiable), and then just quit work. The worst they can do is not pay your last paycheck. And guess what, because you'll be contracting, your first months invoice will more than cover the sortfall.

Easy isnt it? Just be a bit more ballsie FFS.

[hyperD]

But that's the point (Chico would know this): it's a leap of faith to go from permie to contracting. So many perms resent contractors because they reckon they do the same job and yet get more money. As soon as you say, well if it's that easy then you do it?

Then come the excuses...

[Diestl]

Who says you have to give them any notice? Find a contract starting tomorow (say you are immediatley avaiable), and then just quit work. The worst they can do is not pay your last paycheck. And guess what, because you'll be contracting, your first months invoice will more than cover the sortfall.

Easy isnt it? Just be a bit more ballsie FFS.

My bosses have been good and good posibility of work out of them so if possible I want to leave on good terms, but if not I will be just walking as I owe them nothing.

Thanks for all the great advice look out for my first post as a contractor

[Robwg]

I'm sure other folk have moved from permie to contracting without risking their home, I would probably get my notice down to 2 weeks or even a week, if that doesn't do it then I will have to start saving for 3 months worth of income.

Ah yes - the perenial 'making the jump' problem.

Basically - it takes balls. However, there is a sneaky (albeit slightly long winded) way around this problem. Which I did by accident but could be done properly.

What I did was went and got another Permie job (at Accenture). I was then on 2 weeks notice for the probation period (about 3 months) - I then basically decided I had made a big mistake and got a contract then. The 2 weeks was no problem.

Basically - you won't get a contract with 4 weeks notice. End of story really.