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400 a day contract or 70k permie
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400 a day contract or 70k permie
54The 400 a day contract, no doubt53.70%29The cosy permie position for 70k16.67%9Will wait and post sh1te here until I get a 500 a day contract11.11%6I am AtW and I am too busy thinking of becoming a millionaire with my SKA18.52%10I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light. -
Contract. Permie involves coporate bollocks.Originally posted by FranckoWhat would you go for...?Call the cops
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My £400 a day contract gives me 65k + takehome, how can a 70k permie job compare?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Are you talking about gross or net?Originally posted by BagpussMy £400 a day contract gives me 65k + takehome, how can a 70k permie job compare?I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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netOriginally posted by FranckoAre you talking about gross or net?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Well 70k gross for paupers like us....Originally posted by Bagpussnet
And problem is that unless you move to top management positions this will be the ceiling for the next 20 years.
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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That's not bad really is it? Imagine living on 22K gross a year as most people in this country do.Originally posted by FranckoWell 70k gross for paupers like us....
And problem is that unless you move to top management positions this will be the ceiling for the next 20 years.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Oddly, when I first started contracting I would have voted to stay with the permanent job.
But, now that I've been doing it for a while, I realise that it would take a lot more than this to tempt me to give up the freedom and flexibility thing that you get with contracting.
Money's still better (just) if you're on 400/day anyway.Comment
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