Jesus’s, I thought you were deed

[Paralytic]

Do we have a humblebrag post of the year award?

[NotAllThere]

I went permie, and now have an annual review. We go to one of the posh restaurants nearby. Excellent food and fine wines. Frankly, I look forward to them.

[d000hg]

All these people complaining about the toxic work environments everywhere they go... makes me wonder if the issue is really the employer

[Lockhouse]

I went perm. I lasted three months then retired. The politics did for me.

[Eirikur]

Took a perm role at the start of the pandemic as the contract market was dead, kept applying for contracts and gave notice in the last weeks of my probation period whilst already starting a contract at the same time, had a double income for two weeks which was nice.

[GJABS]

That's what happens if you give your hard earned to Hargreaves Landsdown instead of Ladbrokes...

Couldn't agree more.
Though it is not guaranteed to make you rich. I've been invested in the FTSE100 for the past 20 years, and apart from the dividends it's given me almost no capital gains at all. Which is entirely my own fault as I knew nothing about investing back then.

[quackhandle]

Contractor-but-gone-perm-for-a-bit-UK.com

qh

[Paralytic]

Couldn't agree more.
Though it is not guaranteed to make you rich. I've been invested in the FTSE100 for the past 20 years, and apart from the dividends it's given me almost no capital gains at all. Which is entirely my own fault as I knew nothing about investing back then.

Wow, take this in the nicest possible way, but it takes some level of investment incompetence to do that, given the growth history of the FTSE 100

Did you just keep picking the wrong moments to invest or chose a really bad investment vehicle? Or did scooterscot give you advice?
FTSE100 was around 5,200 20 years ago, 7,680 today

You should have reinvested your dividends too.

[GigiBronz]

All these people complaining about the toxic work environments everywhere they go... makes me wonder if the issue is really the employer

truth is somewhere in between, but just how the market dictates the salaries (apparently, I believe it's not...) the people also get to decide what is toxic and what is not. work is a living organism, you would not say what you said if you understood at least parts of how it works.

[ladymuck]

All these people complaining about the toxic work environments everywhere they go... makes me wonder if the issue is really the employer

If everywhere you go smells of tulip, you have to eventually consider stopping and checking your own shoes...