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[SussexSeagull]

It’s an indicator which would be taken into account with several other factors.

in the days before WFH was a widespread thing I worked at offices that were physically only open from about 0800 to 1800 so you didn’t really have much choice in working hours.

[SussexSeagull]

Unless you have one of these fabled niche skills I wouldn’t bother going back into contracting as it looks to be over as a mass industry, although permanent roles aren’t far behind it.

[SussexSeagull]

Without wishing to continue the Four Yorkshireman theme, my last contract but one involved traveling from the Sussex coast to St Neots in Cambridgeshire once a week, which involved getting up at 0430 to catch the first train to London and getting home at nearly 2100.

i started with the...

[SussexSeagull]

I finished on a really high note. I had my joint second best paid contrast and found my best paid within a fortnight (although it ended up taking longer to actually start).

Again, you very well might be different, certainly not having a gap after your last contract seems to count for something,...

[SussexSeagull]

I had a brief stint contracting at one of the London local authorities and with the amount of staff movements between them it is no surprise she got found out.

That said, if she carried it on for any period of time one has to ask questions of management....

[SussexSeagull]

Finished my last (and, weirdly, best paid ever) contract in March 2024 and couldn’t find anything until I saw the writing on the wall and moved out of IT to do something else in June this year.

There are some contractors who have kept working, of which there are a couple of examples here,...