So who is a poor permie lurking on OUR site?

[mudskipper]

OK, so the results for day 2 of this alternative to IACGMOOH are in...........
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Crickets and other bugs a buzzing
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7 permies
35 contractors
1 AndyW

So 17% permies, 3% mods, estimated 70% sockies, leaves me, gingerjedi, NickFitz, and Suityou01 () as real contractors

ftfy

[eek]

OK, so the results for day 2 of this alternative to IACGMOOH are in...........
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Crickets and other bugs a buzzing
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7 permies
34 contractors
1 AndyW

So 17% permies, 3% mods, estimated 70% sockies, leaves me, gingerjedi, NickFitz, and Suityou01 () as real contractors

:cough: as I'm not a sockie and I can go off people you know.

[ctdctd]

:cough: as I'm not a sockie and I can go off people you know.

I have only estimated the sockie number - it is just possible it could be 65% and not 70%.

Real, non sockie contractors, please post your CV and two references here so the panel can make a decision.

[eek]

So who is a poor permie lurking on OUR site?

I have only estimated the sockie number - it is just possible it could be 65% and not 70%.

Real, non sockie contractors, please post your CV and two references here so the panel can make a decision.

Mr G Gopher
Mr E Duck

Is that ok for you?

[Old Hack]

Thats one of the PITA things about being a permie in Germany, you can only put your notice in 6 weeks before the end of the quarter which makes it very difficult lining up a contract, resigning and then sorting out a new job or contract.

When I decided to go contracting, I gave notice at my job, and they reminded me it was a three month notice. I spent the first month doing sweet FA, and did my best to piss everyone off, refused to attend an exit interview so they gardened me for the final 2 months, full pay, which allowed me to look at the market, tool up on software ready for it, and find a juicy contract. That was a different lifetime ago, and I haven't been benched once since.

I was offered a permie role the other day for £75k + bens and couldnt take it, just couldn't face the loss of earnings, and the thought of going permie again, makes me shudder; I don't think I could do it.

The one thing I have learned about contracting is not to panic as something will always come along. It also makes you more confident as you get so used to selling yourself every 12-18 months; you lose that in permiedom and get slack.

[Alias]

references are for permies

HTH