How much would you go permie for?

[quackhandle]

The ability to learn new things would be high on the list. The amount of permies I've worked with who sit there bored of their skulls, with the same conversation:

Me: How long has it been like this?

Permy, turns round from surfing BBC/Facebook all day: Oh, about a year. I was promised I could learn <insert new buzzword here> but nothing ever came of it.

Me: Oh. Coffee?


A year of the same old, same old. Jesus wept.

qh

[DimPrawn]

A lot of companies lure contractors to perm with promises of expensive and endless training, only to find, due to budget cuts to fund management bonuses, it's a book and Pluralsight subscription.

Agents and clients bulltulip more than contractors at invterviews.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

[stek]

A lot of companies lure contractors to perm with promises of expensive and endless training, only to find, due to budget cuts to fund management bonuses, it's a book and Pluralsight subscription.

Agents and clients bulltulip more than contractors at invterviews.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

They got me with the 20% bonus thing last permie role I had, agent assured me (yeah, I know) that it's always paid out company doing very well, only to find on day one, it had actually never been paid out.

[vetran]

They got me with the 20% bonus thing last permie role I had, agent assured me (yeah, I know) that it's always paid out company doing very well, only to find on day one, it had actually never been paid out.

seen that, years of Bonus payments then they changed the deal across EMEA, luckily I still got a lot of it as I had above average bonus percentage, loads of others now get 2% not 10%.

[coolhandluke]

The problem with most big permie salaries is that they come with lots of grief and stress.

[MarillionFan]

The problem with most big permie salaries is that they come with lots of grief and stress.

Now ain't that the truth. 8pm Friday and still working ****s sake.

[unemployed]

Now ain't that the truth. 8pm Friday and still working ****s sake.

Enjoying a pint while mum cooks dinner
And does the washing.

[ShandyDrinker]

so if the commute was the same time, and the work was good, would you trade £500pd for 100k?

I would, mostly because I'd aim to stay somewhere good for 5 or more years. Contracting ain't what it used to be.

I think I'd seriously consider 100k instead of £500/day....Especially now that the divi tax has bridged the gap. However, there would have to be a lot of benefits on offer and if you add in 25 days holiday, WFH and the ability to learn new (more expensive) skills ready to go contracting in a year or two, then it is even more worthwhile.

I'd consider it too for the reasons mentioned above, particularly what NWP2C says.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Enjoying a furtive w@nk while mum cooks dinner
And does the washing.

Timothy!!!!!!

[unemployed]

FTFY



Timothy!!!!!!

I like my feckless life.

I made money by being a useless twunt