Reasons for considering a permie role

[Francko]

Sick of agencies/job boards/fake jobs etc, I'm looking at a couple of permie opportunities. Having contracted for several years the inevitable question arises of "why are you now looking for a permanent role?".

Killer answers sought!

How about.... because I am sick of agencies/job boards/fake jobs?

[Ardesco]

I want to settle down with a good company and see something through to the end and continue to support it so that I can finally achevie some job satisfaction. I'm fed up of frigging apps to make them work and not ever seeing the end result of my efforts.

yadda yadda blah blah i wub joo permies please give me a job beg beg bg etc

[bobhope]

....because I've forgotten how awful it was last time I was permie and need reminding.

[Generalist]

.. because until the law changed earlier this month I couldn't get interviews one age discrimination grounds

.. I wanted to complete my gender transition before re-launching my professional career

.. I'm planning to be sick a lot next year and permie benefits are very attractive

.. I'm hoping I get discriminated against so I can take my employer to the cleaners

- I'm starting to go off the idea!

[SallyAnne]

I went permie last year - was totally sick of working away, early morning planes, trains and automobiles...completely sick to **** of talkig to agents, sick of the tax man, sick of pretty much everything.

So I sought solice in Accentures loving arms )

I gave them the usual "I want to be part of a team, want to be back home, had enough of that lifestyle" crap...which they bought.

I lasted 2 months. Infact, I think it was week 3 where I thought !what the **** am I doing?!"

Everyone hates bits of their jobs...more to the point, every hates working! Full stop! but you do it for the cash - thats all. Pure and simple.
Why give your cash to anyone else? make as much as you can man. never go permie, never ever ever ever ever!

[SallyAnne]

so that means you're a civil servant then? )

[Generalist]

So I sought solice in Accentures loving arms )

Ah! They are one of my suitors at present. Let me guess, even longer hours, away from home, working with a load of identikit fast track gradwits .... Salary + bens are attractive though at the level I'm looking at (in the consulting not the outsource side).

[sasguru]

Reasons to go permie?

Very close to a 6-figure salary
Own office - surf on CUK all day
Get the techies to do all the work, while I "formulate strategy"
All usual city bank benefits

Better than I ever got contracting.

[Generalist]

Very close to a 6-figure salary

Wow - a 5 figure salary!

[lukemg]

Used 'want to be more involved in the decision making, getting frustrated not having a say in the direction being taken'
That seemed to go down quite well. Any ref to personal conditions, don't like being away from home etc are all negative reasons, you need to find a positive one !
I am not ruling out permie work, it can be a cold world out there at the wrong place. Also depends on the role - if you want to stay pure techie, has to be contracting if the rates/locations add up. If you want mgmt (shock horror) or service delivery, picture is more hazy.
HTH