Kiss of death

[DiscoStu]

Oh dear. Had a little search on Jobswerve this evening, it's a bit quiet out there and rates seem a bit tulip compared to last time I was looking

[OwlHoot]

Oh dear. Had a little search on Jobswerve this evening, it's a bit quiet out there and rates seem a bit tulip compared to last time I was looking

I'm OK so far, touch wood; but if there isn't enough perl or .Net around when I start looking, it may mean having to fall back on the doomsday option of including php in the search.

Trouble is php rates are rubbish at the best of times, and I'd be practically paying the client to work if it's as bad now as people are saying. (I haven't dared check jobsworth for months.)

[chicane]

Trouble is php rates are rubbish at the best of times

There are good rates going for php if you're in the right place at the right time, with the right degree of ability.

[NickFitz]

There are good rates going for php if you're in the right place at the right time, with the right degree of ability.

Yahoo! uses PHP...

[Masher]

Last year I rejected an "offer" to go permanent. Subsequently I had to show my replacement the ropes. He started on Monday and ran away midday Friday saying that there was too much SAS Development. The role had been advertised as "SAS Developer"

[Alf W]

There's three of us Contractors where I am. The other two have been sounded out for 'conversion'. I haven't! Don't know why.

[BrilloPad]

There's three of us Contractors where I am. The other two have been sounded out for 'conversion'. I haven't! Don't know why.

Because they respect you?

[realityhack]

I've been sounded out here - will they still respect me in the morning?

Looking around on jobswerve with 7 weeks to go. When I refuse, I'll have to train my (permie) replacement. Joy.

[Tensai]

Ditto. VeryLargeClientCo are adopting a "replace contractors with permies" policy across the board. Plan is to offer a permie role to the competant contractors and ditch the fodder. So I'm real trouble

Plan is to make myself absolutely indispensible. Any suggestions? Currently deleting all the project documentation so it's all in my head only

[chicane]

Ditto. VeryLargeClientCo are adopting a "replace contractors with permies" policy across the board.

They're trying to do this from the very top of the management ladder here. The manager of this department is pushing back strongly on the basis that contractors and permies have different mindsets and therefore fulfil different requirements.

He's arguing that contractors tend to be better at fast delivery without faffing around, and permies are better suited to long-term infrastructure development and weaker at delivery. I'd tend to agree.