how much does £180 a day work out perm ?

[unemployed]

Due to the rise of the work permit in IT, and the millions of Bobs onshore and offshore, the job at McD is probably a much safer long term bet.

why do think i gave up working

IT was the worst career move ever , regardless of skill set there are 20 people for every job

[kaiser78]

General rule of thumb - hourly contractor rate × 1000 = permanent equivalent. Very rough calculation and obviously a number of factors to consider.

[unemployed]

General rule of thumb - hourly contractor rate × 1000 = permanent equivalent. Very rough calculation and obviously a number of factors to consider.

22.5k a year then

[DimPrawn]

why do think i gave up working

IT was the worst career move ever , regardless of skill set there are 20 people for every job

Yep.

Person A, studies hard, gets A levels in technical subject, goes to Uni, studies hard and get Comp Sci degree, works hard, works up the IT ladder, salary £50K, stressed to the the eyeballs.

Person B, flunks school, becomes plumber/brickie/spark. Down the pub every night, works when they feel like it, £200+ per day.

Why anyone bothers now is way beyond my understanding...

**** IT

[DimPrawn]

why do think i gave up working

IT was the worst career move ever , regardless of skill set there are 20 people for every job

Agent I spoke to said they have 50 well educated, experienced contractors for each vacancy now, but pretty much no one wants the perm jobs at £40K, which is what the senior roles are paying now, as getting someone in on a work permit takes 5 minutes.

[SueEllen]

Agent I spoke to said they have 50 well educated, experienced contractors for each vacancy now, but pretty much no one wants the perm jobs at £40K, which is what the senior roles are paying now, as getting someone in on a work permit takes 5 minutes.

What skills have you got?

[unemployed]

Yep.

Person A, studies hard, gets A levels in technical subject, goes to Uni, studies hard and get Comp Sci degree, works hard, works up the IT ladder, salary £50K, stressed to the the eyeballs.

Person B, flunks school, becomes plumber/brickie/spark. Down the pub every night, works when they feel like it, £200+ per day.

Why anyone bothers now is way beyond my understanding...

**** IT

Add in the fact i refuse to work in london and that`s me out the game , like you said IT is now stress nothing else .
i worked in one big office with helpdesk monkey one end , project managers the other end ,infrastructure 3rd line , Dba`s, IT managers,system designers and all the other gubbins.

all getting pummeled for results from the trickle down masters , add in ITIL Prince sla kpi`s and all that other crud and you have a big soup of stress and job protection.

[stek]

Agent I spoke to said they have 50 well educated, experienced contractors for each vacancy now, but pretty much no one wants the perm jobs at £40K, which is what the senior roles are paying now, as getting someone in on a work permit takes 5 minutes.

Applying for a sponsors licence, assigning a SOC, performing the RMLT, takes 5 minutes does it?

[unemployed]

Applying for a sponsors licence, assigning a SOC, performing the RMLT, takes 5 minutes does it?

no at least an hour

[DimPrawn]

What skills have you got?

Advanced HTML, some knowledge of Word. I have a short CV.