Originally posted by ratewhore
The real contractor is the one who sees more advantages to the contractor lifestyle than the cash...
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...like????? What's the contractor lifestyle that you can't do it as a permie? Why worrying about performance review if you're happy with your salary? You will still need to keep good references even if you are contractor for future contracts so I can't really see the difference. And many companies offer you more than 20 days (I have 30 for example).I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light. -
If you can't see the advantages then you're in the right place as a permie.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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The intangible benefits? Now, you are talking as a permie.Originally posted by ratewhore
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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Not really. I'm off back to the garden for another pina colada. My days work is done...
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day'sWe must strike at the lies that have spread like disease through our mindsComment
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So you are probably talking about working from home. Well I do it about 20 days a year, some people here do it 30-40% of the days.Originally posted by ratewhoreNot really. I'm off back to the garden for another pina colada. My days work is done...
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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I was actually gardening (if you can call that work) and am looking forward to my next 2 weeks until my course is ready, then possibly another couple of weeks to rejig and get that well paid contract then on a real holiday, do I want to go back to being a permie - I dont think so, my mortgage is paid, I have time at home - not working and I can tell the ignorant line manager pencil pusher where to go.
The days when a permie had more benefits and job security than a contractor are over, vive le contracteur
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- Variety of clients
- Being able to walk if you don't like a place, without fear of how it will look on your CV
- Extended time off (not a couple of weeks at a time booked 12 months in advance) - especially useful after a stressful deployment when you feel like jacking it all in.
- No need to engage with other f uckwits if you don't wish to, or bend over for the line manager on a daily basis. No need to turn up to tiresome social events in your own time, when you really want to be with your real friends
- No need to be first in / last out and get no cash for doing so
- Master of one's own destiny. Looking back at ten years of variety without thinking where did it all go?
Can't see a permie job providing any of the above....
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It strikes me as an excercise in futility coming onto an IT contractors board and trying to argue that being permie is better ... don't you have you're own 'special needs' forum or are you to busy tonguing your bosses choclate starfish in a misguided attempt to wangle a bigger bonus or a good performance review ...Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith
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ExcellentOriginally posted by snaw
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