Longest time with the same client

[Andyw]

Oh diddums....

Whatever ! loser !

[xoggoth]

Helpful suggestion: Am I bothered? Do I look bothered?

[Cowboy Bob]

7 months. If I wanted to be a permie, I'd be one...

[Xenophon]

you're starting to p1ss me off

Welcome to our world.

So annoying are you and your CONSTANT posting of rubbish that we even have posts and re-posts complaining about it.

You would seriously have a lot more fun at a social networking site. Try MySpace or Bebo. You've even knackered this thread up.

[Pig]

Just ignore him its for the best. Then maybe he will crawl back into his hole and die !!

[wendigo100]

Five years, but never again. When I finished, I was out of circulation and it took me a couple of months to find something else, and I had to start building up networks again.

In the four years since then I've worked for seven different clients in 9 stints.

[Asterix]

Another hijacked thread...

Back to the question : 12 months is my longest. I really don't bother after that. When I took up contracting some 10 years ago my intention was to accumulate as much knowledge and experience of different systems as possible. Also chasing a higher rate as opposed to getting a small increase (if at all) on extension. I've been in companies whre the long-time contractors had adopted the same mentality as the permies and were in fact not much better. Seems like taking the easy option if you can't hack it or are too lazy.

[ChimpMaster]

Five years, but never again. When I finished, I was out of circulation and it took me a couple of months to find something else, and I had to start building up networks again.

In the four years since then I've worked for seven different clients in 9 stints.

Dude! If you were in continuous contract for FIVE years, and then had only TWO months out until your next contract, that in itself is an awesome statistic. I mean I've been contracting only 2 years and I'd be ecstatic about being in contract long enough to build a solid fund up - 5 years would do me proud.

[DimPrawn]

Just under 2 yrs. Average contract length about 9 months. I really only take on project based contracts rather than disguised empoyee roles. Therefore I have worked for the same client many times (join project, complete project, leave and then come back months or years later for another one).

[BoredBloke]

3.5 years on site and then sold them a day a week for the next year while working for a couple of other companies as the project rolled down. Those were the days!! I got £20k in a year for literally doing a couple of hours per week for them - most of which was automated and meant I left their laptop crunching thier numbers while I watched telly. That was on top of my day job.