Reply to: Permanent Offer

[PurpleGorilla]

Golf Mk2s? Between 25 & 35 years now. If you get a good 'un it will outlast you.

Well it feels like one unrelenting grind to me.

I'm clearly doing something wrong.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Rate depends on where you are in the country and demand for your skills.

Sure. But that implies a surprising (to me) disparity between contract rates & permie rates when you compare north with south. Although i don't know what the OP's niche is. Perhaps it's a weird quirk of that niche.

[clearedforlanding]

How old are they now?

Golf Mk2s? Between 25 & 35 years now. If you get a good 'un it will outlast you.

[JohnJizzle]

Yeah this contract has been perfect. Although an hours drive I finish at 4 so home for 5, work from home as and when, worked from home for a month when little one was born.

Project has gone so well they want to bring it in full time and spread it across the company with other staff.

[PurpleGorilla]

If I had led a modest life, driven a second hand Golf, bought a modest flat, holidayed in Europe etc, instead of chasing the highest rates around the world, I could have done it. I wish I had.

A lot of contractors trade home comforts for money, cars, pretty beads & coloured shells. A lot regret it.

How old are they now?

[clearedforlanding]

Bring home the bacon, be an amazing dad and model husband, run a business, have an active social life, stay fit, help ageing parents...

Who else is finding all of that a bit hard to achieve?

If I had led a modest life, driven a second hand Golf, bought a modest flat, holidayed in Europe etc, instead of chasing the highest rates around the world, I could have done it. I wish I had.

A lot of contractors trade home comforts for money, cars, pretty beads & coloured shells. A lot regret it.

[clearedforlanding]

Rate depends on where you are in the country and demand for your skills.

+1

Contrctors seem to look at KPIs - rate - when they should be looking at KQIs - quality of life.

[PurpleGorilla]

Biggest regret of my life. You cannot undo that one.

Bring home the bacon, be an amazing dad and model husband, run a business, have an active social life, stay fit, help ageing parents...

Who else is finding all of that a bit hard to achieve?

[SueEllen]

£350 is not a high rate. I don't understand the people saying 65k+

Rate depends on where you are in the country and demand for your skills.

[SpontaneousOrder]

There will be a lot less difference in it next year too.

[SpontaneousOrder]

I dont see much rates higher up North over £350 doing what I do ( u see the odd 375-400).

Salary wise this was about 85-90k last year

That's interesting. 85 - 90k for what I do, in London, is not very easy to come by. And I'm a £500 p/d contractor.

[clearedforlanding]

Again thanks for all the comments.

As mentioned I understand money will never be as good. The main positives for staying here are : money should be decent, I like the place. And the main thing - I'm home for 5ish every night to spend time with the kids

If I continue to keep contracting I'd be worried if have to be a weekend dad and don't really do that when they are so young

Biggest regret of my life. You cannot undo that one.

[JohnJizzle]

Again thanks for all the comments.

As mentioned I understand money will never be as good. The main positives for staying here are : money should be decent, I like the place. And the main thing - I'm home for 5ish every night to spend time with the kids

If I continue to keep contracting I'd be worried if have to be a weekend dad and don't really do that when they are so young

[Mincepie]

Tube Driver ?

Recruitment consultant.

no its an agent that specializes in placing tube drivers

[PurpleGorilla]

whenever i get asked if i want to go permie i quote minimum of 6 figures please and head of the world title plus 50 days holiday and huge bonus.That normally gets rid of them but once or twice they called my bluff and i pop along for an interview to see if anyone will actually offer me this. no joy yet

Recruitment consultant.