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Longest Contract to date and losing the will to live

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    #21
    3 years now (although it could be 4) and they've already asked me to extend for another year at the end of this one. I did a kind of contract at one place which lasted 7 years but had breaks in between where I did other projects and another 8 year one but I ran other contracts alongside.
    Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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      #22
      My longest was around 22 months: the first eight months were on site down in Bristol, then WFH with a trip down there for two or three days every couple of months. Quite pleasant really, though I wasn't sorry to move on

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        #23
        3.5 years at Channel 4
        3.0 years at IBM, six month break and now back there again, for at least another six months.
        2.5 years at Centrica/T-Systems
        2.5 years BT/HP/Accenture
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          #24
          Currently at 2 and half years and several extensions and am seriously considering going permie with ClientCo for a while. Would mean going into support but the gig is 15 mins from house and another contract would involve travel which I've lost my appetite for lately.

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            #25
            Originally posted by BillHicksRIP View Post
            Currently at 2 and half years and several extensions and am seriously considering going permie with ClientCo for a while. Would mean going into support but the gig is 15 mins from house and another contract would involve travel which I've lost my appetite for lately.
            Don't do it man

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              #26
              Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
              Don't do it man
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                #27
                Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
                Don't do it man
                Even if they offer him a package in excess of his contract rates? I would give it a thought at least.
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                  #28
                  Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                  Even if they offer him a package in excess of his contract rates? I would give it a thought at least.
                  This.

                  My "client contact" on this gig went permie earlier this year. Having seen the rough details of what he's on, I'd take it in a shot to be doing this gig.
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                    #29
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                    Even if they offer him a package in excess of his contract rates? I would give it a thought at least.
                    Still it's a trap.

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                      #30
                      I have realised that it is not the duration of time that I have been here that is the issue. It is the fact I am being treated by a permie by my "Boss" who is not giving me due respect for my experience/skills. Come December I will be walking and I will enjoy it.

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