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What do you see as the core benefit of contracting?
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Originally posted by RyanDS View Post
Holidays - I like to backpack. I generally work 3 months on, backpack for 3 weeks, repeat. Occasionally some of the backpacking time is working remotely, but I am happy to be on a beach in Cambodia working, or logging in from a hotel in Moscow, or debugging while on an overnight bus in Guatemala. The important thing is the contracting lets me travel.
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Anyway, the contract I am on has offered me a perm role, with generous holiday, but more importantly a "you can spend one month a year working remotely no questions asked" clause. Which means I get the perks of perm, plus the main perk of contracting for me.
And what are the "perks of perm", and why do you want them? Have you seen a psychiatrist?
Don't do it man!*
* Of course there might be other factors in your decision you haven't listed, such as the influence of a weapon of mass financial destruction a.k.a. a woman.Comment
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For me, it's about flexibility and variety. I get a bit bored if I'm one place for too long and find that short/no notice periods means I can move on when I start to get itchy feet.
I very much dislike office politics and 360 PDRs to justify a 1% pay rise each year.
I like deciding how long my holidays are going to be or how much time I take off each year without getting permission to take it.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostFor me, it's about flexibility and variety. I get a bit bored if I'm one place for too long and find that short/no notice periods means I can move on when I start to get itchy feet.
I very much dislike office politics and 360 PDRs to justify a 1% pay rise each year.
I like deciding how long my holidays are going to be or how much time I take off each year without getting permission to take it.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Being able to doing a moonlight flit having raided the stationary cupboard one too many times....“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostBeing able to doing a moonlight flit having raided the stationary cupboard one too many times....Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostFor me, it's about flexibility and variety. I get a bit bored if I'm one place for too long and find that short/no notice periods means I can move on when I start to get itchy feet.
I very much dislike office politics and 360 PDRs to justify a 1% pay rise each year.
I like deciding how long my holidays are going to be or how much time I take off each year without getting permission to take it.
trick is to not take it seriously - we get a cost of living rise each year anyway so.....Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostI agree..
trick is to not take it seriously - we get a cost of living rise each year anyway so.....Comment
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