Permie job offer

[notescontractor]

I'm going to take the job!!!! Cheers

What's a good skill set these days? Looks like I'm going to have plenty of training opportunites available.
MSCE or CCNA etc?

[wendigo100]

What's a good skill set these days? Looks like I'm going to have plenty of training opportunites available.
MSCE or CCNA etc?

Fortran IV

[Francko]

Fortran IV

Basic

[andy]

cobol is making a comeback

[Numptycorner]

More than that. Have you ever rounded up 100 people and told them that on average they should earn £26k etc etc.

I'd guess without city traders etc the average wage is more like £17k

That's why it's best to look at median or modal incomes, mean incomes are skewed. 22k-24k is prob 'modal' earnings.

[lukemg]

Don't compare the perm offer with the current contract terms, you need to compare with the market. Your perm job probably = the current contract rate making it a very reasonable offer.
Couple of things -
- If they just want you to keep plugging away in your old job with vague offers of training, that would be a bad idea. Get firm offers of what training you will be given/where the role is going in the next 3 years.
- CCNA still seems to be valid but forget MCSE, that just means you are a support g!mp = 15-18k/year.
You need to find a different boat to jump on, management, dev etc but make sure it is going to be a runner in a few years (if you can !) notes isn't.
Another option - ask for 50k, they know what you are currently on which doesn't make the request ridiculous. DONT fall for the 'we will review the salary in 3/6 months time' line, it's b*ll*cks.
HTH

[gingerjedi]

- CCNA still seems to be valid but forget MCSE, that just means you are a support g!mp = 15-18k/year.

Oi! As a bad permy maybe but I make more than 3x that with an 'introduction to IT' type course as my only training, its all about experience and your ability to find a good gig.