Originally posted by BrilloPad
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If you were to go perm what would you want your salary(+bonuses) to be?
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What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions! -
I'm a programme manager, and £80k would be enough to tempt me perm tomorrow, realistically, £70-75k will tempt me at the end of a contract and £65k would tempt me with 3mths notice. I went perm for £55k 2yrs ago and lasted 18mths. A £500pd contract brought me quickly back, as I wanted a house deposit and was sick of driving 3000+ miles per month etc.
Now on a reasonable rate, direct contract which is a min of 6mths, and possibly 18mths if the I win the tender. However, the £500pd was in London 2-3 days per week, meaning 2 nights away from family, this one at a lower rate see's me at home with the occasional customer to client visit. No overnighters. I'm richer because of that.
Once the house is sorted, I'll probably go perm again. It's only the tax system that makes contracting worthwhile, if it was all PAYE / inside IR35, then it's likely none of us would be doing this,I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!Comment
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Originally posted by scooby View PostIt's only the tax system that makes contracting worthwhile, if it was all PAYE / inside IR35, then it's likely none of us would be doing this,Comment
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostNot for everyone. I've been fired from every permanent job I've ever had. Something about contracting for multiple people for me works. Allows me to focus on different things.I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!Comment
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Originally posted by scooby View PostI'm a programme manager, and £80k would be enough to tempt me perm tomorrow, realistically, £70-75k will tempt me at the end of a contract and £65k would tempt me with 3mths notice. I went perm for £55k 2yrs ago and lasted 18mths. A £500pd contract brought me quickly back, as I wanted a house deposit and was sick of driving 3000+ miles per month etc.
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+ the fact that I know how much is going into the bank every month and have dd's or standing orders set up for everything so don't even have to manage the finances other than to shift the excess over to a savings account every month.
I don't think I'd go back into contracting now, I'm comfortable, secure.Confusion is a natural state of beingComment
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Originally posted by scooby View PostI was going to put something about "unless you have a real company with many clients", but then NLUK would have been river dancing on my facing for suggesting that contractors dont work like this etc...Comment
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I've wanted perm for a while fed up with IR35 and watching my back every 5 mins. Last gig did a very good contract to perm deal being day rate * 1.67 * 100 = base salary, plus 10% cash award gurantteed, plus 15% pension you could take all cash or split cash pension, sods law though the week I say I will take it they change the deal to complete package to value to be day rate * 1.677 * 100 gutted was an understandment.Comment
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