• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

Reply to: Gone perm. Bye

Collapse

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

  • You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
  • You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
  • If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Previously on "Gone perm. Bye"

Collapse

  • futurix
    replied
    Desperate time calls for desperate measures...
    I'm a permie since March - and it is rather crap, honestly!

    Leave a comment:


  • moorfield
    replied
    Personally I'd rather be Larry Blackmon's red codpiece than go perm, but needs must and all that, good luck with it.

    Leave a comment:


  • TheRefactornator
    replied
    Thanks all. There are some good ol' salts around here so I'll be sure to call in from time to time.

    That'll be CUK in Hotel California mode - "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave".

    Leave a comment:


  • zara_backdog
    replied
    We all have to do what's best.....well done in getting a job though!

    Leave a comment:


  • BrilloPad
    replied
    I hope it works out for you. All the Best.

    Leave a comment:


  • Shimano105
    replied
    Well done mate! I wouldn't criticise anyone at the moment - £20 an hour or permie for a while, we've all got a living to make.

    So you've skilled up while you were off, you're going to get a couple of years worth on the cv - kerching in 2011!

    Leave a comment:


  • cojak
    replied
    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    Where?

    <cough>

    join the queue...

    Leave a comment:


  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    Don't go! there are loads of permies who are regulars around here!
    Where?

    <cough>

    Leave a comment:


  • Amiga500
    replied
    Originally posted by TheRefactornator View Post
    It's mostly .NET Mobile / web / desktop software development with a bit of legacy maintenance chucked in on classic ASP and VB.
    Good for you Good luck with it, hopefully you can go contract again when the market recovers.

    Leave a comment:


  • cojak
    replied
    Originally posted by TheRefactornator View Post
    The title says it all really. For me the contract market has been dead for months, I've been benched since the beginning of last October and the war chest is now empty.

    On the up side the perm role work is interesting, it's a big company in the North West that seem fairly recession proof and it won't do the CV any harm for a medium term stint..well maybe a couple of years.

    Montana will have to wait.
    Don't go! there are loads of permies who are regulars around here!

    Leave a comment:


  • Le Rosbif
    replied
    R.I.P

    Leave a comment:


  • swamp
    replied
    Good luck. Close the door on your way out, but hope to see you back here in a couple of years*.







    * or next week if things go really badly!

    Leave a comment:


  • s2budd
    replied
    I was a permy last Wednesday after a spell of six months in the wilderness. It didn't last. I left this Monday, which was too quick to even get my P45 over to personnel.

    Leave a comment:


  • NickFitz
    replied
    Originally posted by TheRefactornator View Post
    The title says it all really. For me the contract market has been dead for months, I've been benched since the beginning of last October and the war chest is now empty.

    On the up side the perm role work is interesting, it's a big company in the North West that seem fairly recession proof and it won't do the CV any harm for a medium term stint..well maybe a couple of years.

    Montana will have to wait.


    Ah well, good luck with the perm^H^H^H^H temporary job - the market's bound to pick up eventually

    Do visit any time you're passing

    Leave a comment:


  • Menelaus
    replied
    Originally posted by TheRefactornator View Post
    It's mostly .NET Mobile / web / desktop software development with a bit of legacy maintenance chucked in on classic ASP and VB.
    Congratulations on being able to refill the warchest, even if not in the manner expected.

    Leave a comment:

Working...
X