Reply to: Chucked in a £420 a day Contract for 60k perm job. Am I mad??

[1manshow]

The perm demand is high ?

Both contract and perm.

[DeludedKitten]

Can you steal any clients for contract work?

I like the thought of that

[HugeWhale]

So just started new role and been sold a dud!! Nothing like what I was told. Been stitched right up!!

Dish the dirt. Or let me guess - they've honoured the pay and pension stuff, but apart form that:

• Your boss is an unsupportive tyrant
• You're working out of a portakabin
• You have no budget
• Those nice colleagues you worked with before are in a different department. You've got all the misogynists, liars, back-stabbers, alcoholics and gossips.
• The objectives are hopeless. You're working 40 hours a week just to produce progress reports on why the project is running late.
• You have daily 1:1 sessions with your manager on why the project is so far behind.

[radish2008]

If your skills are in demand and your in an area with a lot of job opportunities - I would say yes you are mad.

You'll be getting around double after taxes in the contract job. The benefits I guess do look good on the new role, but I don't know. I am currently on a £450 rate and for me to switch to perm, I think I'd want £80k+ on the perm salary at least personally (in London the demand is high for my role).

People will talk about job security but to be honest, even in a perm job you can be made redundant.

The perm demand is high ?

[1manshow]

If your skills are in demand and your in an area with a lot of job opportunities - I would say yes you are mad.

You'll be getting around double after taxes in the contract job. The benefits I guess do look good on the new role, but I don't know. I am currently on a £450 rate and for me to switch to perm, I think I'd want £80k+ on the perm salary at least personally (in London the demand is high for my role).

People will talk about job security but to be honest, even in a perm job you can be made redundant.

[LondonManc]

Seriously though, an outside IR35 contract at £420 per day will take home nearly 2x that permie job. Can't see on any level that it's a smart move unless you really don't care about money, in which case why be an IT contractor in the first place?

If you're in it.

If work/life balance is key then it's a bit different.
The share scheme and pension scheme look bloody good, as well as the free food (c. £200-250 per month after tax). It soon all adds up.

The contract market is not great at the moment and it's better to secure something before Brexit panics/excuses hit and rounds of redundancies start up with the contractors going first.

[Eirikur]

So just started new role and been sold a dud!! Nothing like what I was told. Been stitched right up!!

Start applying immediately for contracts as long as you are still in your probation period which usually means a notice of 1 or 2 weeks , which is ideal

[Old Greg]

So just started new role and been sold a dud!! Nothing like what I was told. Been stitched right up!!

Can you steal any clients for contract work?

[original PM]

So just started new role and been sold a dud!! Nothing like what I was told. Been stitched right up!!

Oooh do tell!

[Zigenare]

Wow, that's a lot of punters.

Bloody hell, when was that taken?

Not wishing to be unkind but you've put on a tulip load of weight since then!

[RStrongbolt]

So just started new role and been sold a dud!! Nothing like what I was told. Been stitched right up!!

[MarillionFan]

I went from £640 per day in 2000 to $50K + BUPA + Fully expensed car (Volvo 940).

It was ok. I picked up a lot of experience, so now I charge £1500 per day.

Wow, that's a lot of punters.

[ChimpMaster]

I went from £640 per day in 2000 to $50K + BUPA + Fully expensed car (Volvo 940).

It was ok. I picked up a lot of experience, so now I charge £1500 per day.

Didn't realise CUK paid their mods so much. I suppose they have to, seeing as you have so much work to do removing the boatloads of drivel that gets posted here daily

[northernladyuk]

I went from £640 per day in 2000 to $50K + BUPA + Fully expensed car (Volvo 940).

It was ok. I picked up a lot of experience, so now I charge £1500 per day.

So 10 baked potatoes with cheese and beans a day.

Before tax.

[NotAllThere]

I went from £640 per day in 2000 to $50K + BUPA + Fully expensed car (Volvo 940).

It was ok. I picked up a lot of experience, so now I charge £1500 per day.