Getting seriously buttered up to go perm

[threaded]

Buttering up always make me to smell a rodent...

Do remember that if an offer sounds too good to be true, it often is!

I'd say, biff them for more money, etc., and have as part of the contract that if they dump you in the first 3/6/9/12 months they pay lump sum, gardening fee, to make up to your previous contract rate (and that includes all the hours they've had you do as unpaid overtime whilst a permie). Sliding scale as appropriate.

I think the response that'll provoke will tell you exactly what you need to know.

[Numptycorner]

In 5 years if you stay contracting you'll be 100 grand better off after 5 years. A 100 grand on the stock market will earn you 10 grand a year. After 10 years you'll be quarter of a million better off and 20 years we're talking around a million.

Just that you are aware of the financial implications.

Where are these 10% pa shares? PLEASE!!!!

[weboo]

Having got kids and plan more soon(probably take advantage of paternity too eh!), money is not the first thing I think of anymore. I know we get paid more, I know we pick n choose where we work. To be honest, I'd make more money from property than contracting with my spending habits. I'm hoping that going permie with a local firm will give me the time I havent had in the past to spend with the family and persue other interests. I bet in 6 months I'll be bored, divorced and skint....but there are more things to life. If it hits the fan, then I'll be on jobserve again looking for contract in 0 days with my skills every 5 minutes.

[BlasterBates]

Where are these 10% pa shares? PLEASE!!!!

Over the long term you'll earn about 10% a year on shares. I believe the biggest equity fund in Germany (DEKA) has averaged 10% since its inception 30 years ago.

But just to give you an example

A good share