Take home pay

[MarillionFan]

Mentored : ran to the tea/coffee machine and collected the barmcakes from the bakery at lunchtime.

Hth.

On a serious note MF, I'm sure you got a lot of satisfaction from the process.

I've actually got quite a few people into contracting over the years(most have gone on to do better than me).

It's an attitude. You can recognise it a mile off.

Loads of perms bang on about going contracting and the money, but in truth it's the one's who see it as an opportunity to get on. They're normally flexible, technically gifted, have a can do attitude, don't like politics(and to some extent management), direct, don't always fit in, measured, self starting & self effacing and they make good mates too!

I got stitched over by a French contractor I bought in from another gig a few years back and so I'm very wary about sharing the secrets now.

[Mich the Tester]

Day?

You want me to be more ambitious about this?

[EternalOptimist]

Would it shock you to know I worked for 6 months last year on a lower rate than that, when there is literally feck all and the rates make travel/digs uneconomical there's little choice if you want to keep a roof over your family's head.

Believe me I wanted to take the "I'm not work for that attitude" but I had no choice.

sheesh.
I hope you are back on the good rates now gingerjedi.

I think what I was trying to say is that we have ups and downs, the thought of 100 pd as an up is frightening

[Xenophon]

You want me to be more ambitious about this?

[chef]

that rate is lower than whale sh!t

.. well it made me laugh

[Bunk]

sheesh.
I hope you are back on the good rates now gingerjedi.

I think what I was trying to say is that we have ups and downs, the thought of 100 pd as an up is frightening

Sadly GJ isn't haven't the best luck at the moment - linky

[MaryPoppins]

Not unfair at all; I'm advising him to budget for training and other costs that he hasn't considered. He needs to learn.

Learn what? He's on a modest day rate, doing the job (s)he is currently skilled to do. Training may be something (s)he considers later in his/her contracting career, when it's realistic and affordable.

Not everyone here is a Merc driving, cigar puffing fatcat like you, MT.

[gingerjedi]

sheesh.
I hope you are back on the good rates now gingerjedi.

I think what I was trying to say is that we have ups and downs, the thought of 100 pd as an up is frightening

I'm not really better off now, went perm in May but given notice yesterday along with everyone else.

One thing in my favour, at least I was well prepared to deal with the situation which is more than can be said for every other poor sod around me.

[MaryPoppins]

I'm not really better off now, went perm in May but given notice yesterday along with everyone else.

One thing in my favour, at least I was well prepared to deal with the situation which is more than can be said for every other poor sod around me.

Oh no, GJ. I'm sorry to hear that. Anything in the pipeline?

[EternalOptimist]

I'm not really better off now, went perm in May but given notice yesterday along with everyone else.

One thing in my favour, at least I was well prepared to deal with the situation which is more than can be said for every other poor sod around me.

sh!t man.
think I will bow out of this thread now