What kind of contractor are you?

[Alf W]

Sit in the corner, head down, do a good job, stay out of the politics and hope everyone forgets I earn twice as much as they do whilst getting many many renewals. Oh and I don't do 'living away from home'.

Not the best recipe for money but a better quality of life.

[Francko]

One who talks about 'paypackets', sick-leave, expects to be promoted and gets involved in office politics.

IR-35!

Next!

[Joe Black]

What upsets me most though is seeing everyone get lunch vouchers, and me not.

[Ardesco]

a bored one.....

[Paddy]

Do anything as long as the punter pays for it and the pimp is not too greedy

[sasguru]

Increasingly an ex-wannabe-again contractor

But I find the techie stuff irksome nowadays - no challenge.

[hyperD]

Free from gimps, but shackled by clients and huge workloads.

[wendigo100]

A giant.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Do anything as long as the punter pays for it and the pimp is not too greedy

I think it was Fleet who defined an IT contractor as a hooker with a keyboard.

[gingerjedi]

Sit in the corner, head down, do a good job, stay out of the politics and hope everyone forgets I earn twice as much as they do whilst getting many many renewals. Oh and I don't do 'living away from home'.

Not the best recipe for money but a better quality of life.

I'm exactley the same but I do tend to be a bit more willing than the permy staff, it makes me look like good value.

Oh, and I would stab the other contractors on site in the back if it meant I got the gig.