Why I love contracting..

[jmo21]

I started contracting when I realised that permiedom is contracting by another name (with less money)

This! Thrice times THIS!

[KentPhilip]

This! Thrice times THIS!

Yes.
A permanent job is a contract role where you hope that "the boss" might be intending to keep you on for a long time.

[mudskipper]

Yes.
A permanent job is a contract role where you hope that "the boss" might be intending to keep you on for a long time and pay you less.

FTFY

[NotAllThere]

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail-bar .......

That much is true. However, we all know what you're still working as a "waitress" in a cocktail-bar. Going up to punters and asking, "Do you want me, baby?".

[Freamon]

I'll tell you what I haven't seen for some time around the workplace- Columbian marching powder

That's because nowadays it's all about the Bolivian marching powder.

[Lockhouse]

I was taking our cow to market, when I met some bloke who offered me some magic beans for it. The offer was too good to refuse ,so I took the magic beans home, and after the bruises and the swelling went down, I planted them.
About thirty five years later a great big beanstalk sprouted up and , naturally, I climbed up it. Now I have a goose that lays golden eggs and a harp that plays and sings Morrissey songs all day and night.

thats the way I became a contractor

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

[Mich the Tester]

One of the best experiences I had whilst contracting, was back in the late 90's...

I'd just withdrawn £300 from the cash machine, and had stuffed it into my leather wallet. This resulted in the wallet being so fat that I couldn't close it properly. It was one of those small wallets that folds into three. As I walked away from the cash machine, an ethnic gentleman pulled up in his prestige car and beckoned me over. Turned out that he was trying to sell me a dodgy watch. I declined the offer and walked away with my unfeasibly bulging wallet. Happy days...

Perhaps he was doing even better selling dodgy watches.

[MarillionFan]

I'd been out of Uni for 3 years, was on my second perm role, had a mid life crisis at 27, got into a massive argument with my boss, threw my company car keys across the room and told him to fook his job, walked out got on a train and went home.

Next day a contractor was born. :-)

[quackhandle]

I'd been out of Uni for 3 years, was on my second perm role, had a mid life crisis at 27, got into a massive argument with my boss, threw my company car keys across the room and told him to fook his job, walked out got on a train and went home.

Next day a contractor was born. :-)

Add in sick of living in the red and that just about mirrors my experiences as well.

Coming to work wanting to baseball bat your line manager is not healthy. Best to leave and go contracting.

qh

[vetran]

That much is true. However, we all know what you're still working as a "waitress" in a cocktail-bar. Going up to punters and asking, "Do you want me, baby?".

But he would have done that With or without youuuu!

nope he doesn't want you babeee