Reply to: Permie role if anyone's interested?

[Tingles]

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[d000hg]

Not in my books - 4 weeks at a company means you got fired

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As a permie, yes.

[joey122]

Isn't that a plus on a poorly paid contract? You could take it extend your warchest a bit longer, without worrying about missing a better contract after signing. Plus, it could give you some recent experience if you're benched.

Not in my books - 4 weeks at a company means you got fired

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[d000hg]

Oh - Dont forget its a 4 week contract only!!!

Isn't that a plus on a poorly paid contract? You could take it extend your warchest a bit longer, without worrying about missing a better contract after signing. Plus, it could give you some recent experience if you're benched.

[joey122]

As if things were not bad enough, nice to know some companies really wanna pee you off:

developer in London being offered 120-150 a day. Somebody just kill me

http://www.jobserve.com/SQL-Server-D...8AE4FC7E.jsjob

Oh - Dont forget its a 4 week contract only!!!

[Bunk]

since january of this year and things have got worse and worse. There were some good signs in November and managed to get a couple of reasonable but not quite good enough offers to leave permie world. But since then things have taken another dive, looks like recession part 2....

Things always slow down around this time of year though. I wouldn't expect things to get going properly now until the end of Jan. Look on the bright side, at least you haven't left your permie job yet. Stick with it until the time is right.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Have you not been looking for long? I've seen plenty of project management roles paying the same and less in London.

since january of this year and things have got worse and worse. There were some good signs in November and managed to get a couple of reasonable but not quite good enough offers to leave permie world. But since then things have taken another dive, looks like recession part 2....

[RichardCranium]

As if things were not bad enough, nice to know some companies really wanna pee you off: developer in London being offered 120-150 a day. Somebody just kill me

http://www.jobserve.com/SQL-Server-D...8AE4FC7E.jsjob

Have you not been looking for long? I've seen plenty of project management roles paying the same and less in London.

Tip: don't take any notice of the very low-paying roles. They are from the clueless, the piss-takers and the clients who do not respect their workforce. However, do not turn your nose up at roles that are just enough to pay the bills: they may be the best roles available for a while.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

As if things were not bad enough, nice to know some companies really wanna pee you off:

developer in London being offered 120-150 a day. Somebody just kill me

http://www.jobserve.com/SQL-Server-D...8AE4FC7E.jsjob

[d000hg]

Last year there were adverts on the side of London buses stating that bus drivers could earn £500 per week with overtime

So it's not paying hugely well then. If you work 50 weeks a year with overtime every week, you could get £25k for it. Fair enough, but hardly easy money.

[Gonzo]

Might be possible. Even the female bus drivers are on £500 a week

a) It's nice to know positive discrimination has gone away.

b) Nice work if you can get it:

Last year there were adverts on the side of London buses stating that bus drivers could earn £500 per week with overtime.

When I was doing my Jury Service there was a woman in the juror pool who had been a bus driver in South London. She gave it up after she was assaulted the fourth time.

[DiscoStu]

I am aggressive because....

government rob us of our salaries
recession
been to uni for 4 years, top a levels, being offered less than what i need to survive after 5 years experience
id be better off on the dole
you post that advert
and the list goes on...

Dry your eyes, FFS

[RichardCranium]

Might be possible. Even the female bus drivers are on £500 a week

a) It's nice to know positive discrimination has gone away.

b) Nice work if you can get it:

Your search was based on Business area: Frontline Service
Sorry, there are currently no opportunities that matched the criteria you used.

Your search was based on Text Search: driver
Sorry, there are currently no opportunities that matched the criteria you used.

"Tell you what, Fred, now we've recruited all the geezers we want on the buses, now might be a good time to run that 'Be A Woman Driver' campaign that management wanted, har, har, har!"

[joey122]

Had grad interviews with Credit Suisse and JPM back in '97. The going rate then was £25k straight out of Uni.

Needless to say I ended up at IBM on considerably less!

Whys that? Did they pay more?

[vandiss]

Grad program at bank - It was 35K a year plus 3K signing on bonus

Had grad interviews with Credit Suisse and JPM back in '97. The going rate then was £25k straight out of Uni.

Needless to say I ended up at IBM on considerably less!