Reply to: Permiedom beckons...

[PerfectStorm]

Straight to HR!

All roads lead to HR. Have you done your monthly training? You can get a badge to go on LinkedIn, you know.

[quackhandle]

I wonder if Doris organises a Happy Hump Day?

qh

[ladymuck]

I have to admit, i was wondering where that sentence was going....

Straight to HR!

[Paralytic]

PERMIE!

I contracted for a company, where, in an effort to boost morale in the IT department they had "Happy Hump Day" - every Wednesday one of the permies would ...

I have to admit, i was wondering where that sentence was going....

[PerfectStorm]

PERMIE!

I was, indeed, a permie... once. I don't know if "Gold Star Contractors" are a thing?

[WTFH]

I worked for a company...

PERMIE!

I contracted for a company, where, in an effort to boost morale in the IT department they had "Happy Hump Day" - every Wednesday one of the permies would bring in doughnuts for the department.

[PerfectStorm]

Last time when I was on client sites, pre-Covid, the companies dress codes were dress down.

I worked for a company that went from "dress however you like every day" to "dress down Fridays". Morale absolutely tanked, and people left en masse.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I think this is a good point. Though I also think a lot of the "I can't deal with permie crap" sentiment is either vastly overblown or down to the people themselves being difficult buggers. All those here excepted of course. How hard is it to get paid to listen to someone waffle their way through a form anyway while you drink a free cup of coffee?

I wouldn't mind if it was just that - these days companies expect you to write your own objectives and show them to your manager so they can shoot them all down in flames and make you start again - as soul-destroying pointless processes go, that's pretty high on the list.

[quackhandle]

Spoken to accountant today, for the first time since opening the company in 2005 I will be posting a loss.

Sunak and those f**kers at HMRC have a lot to answer for.

Happy Friday all.

qh off to get pi$$ed in the sun.

[NotAllThere]

Doris will have got there first…

Oh good. I've a bit of crush on Doris.

[cojak]

Woohoo... dress down Fridays.

Have you put in your order for stuff from the stationery cupboard?

Doris will have got there first…

[SueEllen]

Woohoo... dress down Fridays.

Last time when I was on client sites, pre-Covid, the companies dress codes were dress down.

[quackhandle]

I have never hated being a permy, I have just preferred freelance/contract more. In 19 years I haven't done that bad.

Getting knocked back on the few permy jobs I applied for as they see me as a contractor so I can see they would be reluctant to go forward.

Will still keep plugging away for that elusive gig.

qh

[BigLadFromBeeston666]

Er, if you salary increase is dependent on work, then by definition, surely that work is not free work?

To clarify, I mean you're usually incentivised to go above and beyond your hours and duties when you're a permie. I can only speak to my experience when I was a young permie. Getting wheeled out to conferences, helping the biz dev team with pitches - none of that was within my remit.

But there was an implicit understanding that I had to do those things to move up the ladder, get promoted and get more dosh.

So when I talk about free work in a permanent employee sense, I mean the extra stuff you do that isn't in your contract of employment, but you implicitly know is expected of you in order to progress.

[Paralytic]

What's more, your salary increase is usually dependent on all this free work you're doing.

Er, if you salary increase is dependent on work, then by definition, surely that work is not free work?