Perm jobbie offer

[oscarose]

There are always contracts around - today's climate is the same as it has been in the past 5 years with obvious peaks and troughs throughout - have you been struggling to find contracts during this time ?

It’s become increasingly difficult, i.e. used to be 1-2 weeks now it’s 1-2 months…

[rob s]

If you even have to consider it then the answer has to be yes.

Get in there, camp on the boss for training courses, pick the projects and technology you want to have a piece of, do every CBT the company owns and then next year double your rate.

Call it a sabbatical rather than the end of contracting.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to northernladuk again.

[Mich the Tester]

Good evening friends,

Should I accept a perm () role in today's climate.

Thanks for any advice given.

Read this first;

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ritations.html

[rob s]

It’s become increasingly difficult, i.e. used to be 1-2 weeks now it’s 1-2 months…

Is that the market or you / your CV?

I thought it was the former and then changed the latter and seems to be a lot more positive.

[SupremeSpod]

I've had a few amazing permie offers this year but found that it can be quite expensive to extract yourself from contracting.

With accrued tax bills, directors loans, retained income etc it can be quite expensive to switch to permie and clean up your LTD CO, especially after taking a pay cut and moving to PAYE.

You've spent all the company money, haven't you?

[geoffreywhereveryoumaybe]

Sabbatical

Call it a sabbatical rather than the end of contracting.

This is something I have been thinking about given the slow contract market - if as a contractor I went permanent would I have to close down the limited company?

[Andy2]

Given the dreadful contract market for the past 3-4 years, I am also considering a permie job.

I have one question.
How do you move from permie to contract later on , given that you will need reference,
which will not be provided ,if you jump ship after say 6 months or don't work the full notice periods.

[Andy2]

This is something I have been thinking about given the slow contract market - if as a contractor I went permanent would I have to close down the limited company?

If you don't have much in the company account just close the company
otherwise make the company dormant or put it all in a sipp if you want to save tax.

[Mich the Tester]

Given the dreadful contract market for the past 3-4 years, I am also considering a permie job.

I have one question.
How do you move from permie to contract later on , given that you will need reference,
which will not be provided ,if you jump ship after say 6 months or don't work the full notice periods.

Well, if you work for a company making software for corporate clients you could get a reference from those clients.

[eek]

Well, if you work for a company making software for corporate clients you could get a reference from those clients.

When I went back to contracting I did exactly that in reverse as it was quicker than getting HR to write anything sensible.