Perm manager 60k salary or Contracting £400/day

[chicane]

I reckon there are two types of permie folk on over 50k - those with technical knowledge, and those with wooly management/director roles - the nature of which you often can't quite tie down.

From what I've seen, the members of the former group tend to work long hours and are constantly stressed up to their eyeballs, and the latter group tend to work normal hours and attend pointless meetings where they get to eat free biscuits and sandwiches.

OP, It's probably wise to establish which of those categories this 60k role fits into before you go any further.

[sasguru]

Don't mind Francko, he's not the sharpest tool in the box.
For example, he couldn't hack the City and had to leave.

[contractor79]

I think most of us here went contracting because we didn't want to do perm manager BS jobs did we ?

but would having perm manager job on cv mean bigger contract rate in future?

[sasguru]

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I reckon there are two types of permie folk on over 50k - those with technical knowledge, and those with wooly management/director roles - the nature of which you often can't quite tie down.

From what I've seen, the members of the former group tend to work long hours and are constantly stressed up to their eyeballs, and the latter group tend to work normal hours and attend pointless meetings where they get to eat free biscuits and sandwiches.

OP, It's probably wise to establish which of those categories this 60k role fits into before you go any further.

The latter category more often earn far more than £50K

HTH

[contractor79]

I reckon there are two types of permie folk on over 50k - those with technical knowledge, and those with wooly management/director roles - the nature of which you often can't quite tie down.

From what I've seen, the members of the former group tend to work long hours and are constantly stressed up to their eyeballs, and the latter group tend to work normal hours and attend pointless meetings where they get to eat free biscuits and sandwiches.

OP, It's probably wise to establish which of those categories this 60k role fits into before you go any further.

more the former, thanks

[oracleslave]

far

triple

[Bagpuss]

A candidate for a 60k/70k a year job at 30 and YOU ask US what to do. Wow, they really get value for money these days! I'd expect someone to think for themself on that money!

[chicane]

The latter category more often earn far more than £50K

Envy will get you nowhere.

[contractor79]

A candidate for a 60k a year job at 30 and YOU ask US what to do. Wow, they really get value for money these days!

well I know that more money would come in right now from doing the contract but I'm hoping that those who are older and wiser than me can offer some insight about the future prospects from taking those two different routes

[Mich the Tester]

well I know that more money would come in right now from doing the contract but I'm hoping that those who are older and wiser than me can offer some insight about the future prospects from taking those two different routes

It depends on what you want. If you just want to get rich and have no friends, go and get an MBA from some overrated business school and bulltulip, backstab and arselick your way to the top of an investment bank or some boring multinational insultancy business.

If you want to enjoy life, earn a good living and still have someone to talk to in the pub, stick to contracting.