Resigned today

[MarillionFan]

That will still be miles better than sucking up to the man with his 9-5 money for working 8 -7 on the permie treadmill, what say you Marillianfan !!!! OH!!!

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...day-today.html

They tempted me with money & shares.

[Mich the Tester]

And suddenly, I feel all optimistic about the future again. Nearly 18 months of permiedom was getting to me.

Well done; I trust you got lots of free training from the employer?

[nomadd]

Well done; I trust you stole lots of free stationary from the employer?

Fixed.

[Gentile]

And suddenly, I feel all optimistic about the future again. Nearly 18 months of permiedom was getting to me.

I'm glad you're feeling positive about your decision. Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it. Feeling good about what you do is most of the way to doing it well.

[RasputinDude]

Well done.

I'm considering going back into permiedom. One-in, one-out...

[Gentile]

Well done.

I'm considering going back into permiedom. One-in, one-out...

I am too. But I did turn down a permie role this time last month that ticked most of my boxes (salary expectations, and working with the latest kit). That makes three outright written offers and three verbal soundings out that I've turned down from six separate organisations in the past three years. In addition to several recruitment processes that I've dropped out of in preference to staying pat when I found things weren't exactly right.

I'm starting to think I've just reached that stage in my career/life where I can't ignore any elephants in the room in the way that it's often important to do for permie roles. e.g., I attended one interview last week (for a contract) where one of the questions they threw in at the end was "What type of music do you think is best to accompany software development? They say jazz helps concentration..." (clearly jazz was this guy's favourite music). My answer: "To be honest, I find that any music short-circuits my brain in a way that makes it impossible to concentrate on complex technical problems. I don't mind work noise, but environments where people inflict their taste in music on their colleagues is my idea of hell. That's what headphones were invented for." Which was the honest truth, even though there was probably a slightly more diplomatic way to put it that I might have been inclined to summon up during my salad years.

[Bunk]

They tricked me with smoke & mirrors.

FTFY

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Out of the darkness and into the light

Permiedom is my idea of hell.....

[dogzilla]

strangely enuff I know of a long time permie who has just quit after 17 years....must be something in the air

Something in the air? People leave their jobs all the time.

[RasputinDude]

I have been offered quite a senior role in an established company - no competition for the role, it was a one-horse-race as it were. Everything about it is excellent and appealing apart from...it's a perm role. Difficult decision.