Oh dear - permie redundancies - this never ends well

[BoggyMcCBoggyFace]

I've always seen permies go before contractors, tbh being a permy now I would love redundancy as the payout is pretty tasty, I know a few permies who have been made redundant a few times in last 5-10 years due to mergers etc and have made a mint off it.

Contractors tend not to be binned as they are accounted for differently vs permies.

[quackhandle]

I've been at a couple of firms where they have got rid of permies but extended me. The permies are booted out as they don't have the ongoing skills required.

Yep, current client co binned off 600 permies in early part of this year. Friday email and all that.

Then they brought 600 contractors. Thems the breaks.

qh

[MrMarkyMark]

Usual replies on this forum I see....

Make disparaging remarks about what someone else does in their contract to make yourself feel all important and get a bit of a stiffie.

Carry on guys. Who am I to spoil that little bit of pleasure in your life....

Quite a few sensible replies to a pretty pathetic question TBF.

[ContractorHardman]

Usual replies on this forum I see....

Make disparaging remarks about what someone else does in their contract to make yourself feel all important and get a bit of a stiffie.

Carry on guys. Who am I to spoil that little bit of pleasure in your life....

I think that's the contractor way. Prey on the weak, tell them to man up and bill them for the pleasure!

[northernladuk]

Makes me laugh.

[psychocandy]

Usual replies on this forum I see....

Make disparaging remarks about what someone else does in their contract to make yourself feel all important and get a bit of a stiffie.

Carry on guys. Who am I to spoil that little bit of pleasure in your life....

[northernladuk]

Remind me again nluk how long you been doing this?

What's that got to do with it? You've been a member on here for long enough and are still a permatractor. You were probably a permie for a long time but don't understand how the budgets work either.

Look at all the other comments. It's not just me.

[psychocandy]

You've no idea about being a permie do you.

Remind me again nluk how long you been doing this?

[MrMarkyMark]

It's going to be tough at your age, going back on the game.

I'm sure plenty of lube will help until he's broken properly back in

[northernladyuk]

Jeez NLUK mun.....

YMMV but IN MY EXPERIENCE if a client is looking to cut costs by making redundancies then its often not very long before they work out that getting rid of contractors is a good idea too. Surely you can see this?

Not always because sometimes a client will value you staying because you're an easily removable cost at some point in the future.

It's going to be tough at your age, going back on the game.