Reply to: Contract due to end at the end of April

[NickFitz]

so the contract ended at the end of April, and the market was quieter than I have ever seen it, and with Easter and the May 1st holidays around Europe

and to cut a long story short, have landed a contract for 18 months at a 10% higher rate and start on the coming Monday

so all in all was on the bench for three weeks, had a good break and got loads of long running jobs completed at home

the new contract is very interesting work with a previous customer all in all a good result

all the best

Milan.

Boomed!

[rootsnall]

Not cheap these days Passats, I could only afford a Golf Estate. Bad move letting that go.

I started retiring about 5 years ago, and it's finally stuck on the 3rd attempt, I found I was nodding off too much at my terminal.

[milanbenes]

we don't have the passat any more but it is still on the road, the man I sold it to is still running it


Milan.

p.s. the new contract is 18 months, 95% work from home, and expected to have long extensions and so, my wife and I can be digital nomads, how cool is that :-)

[rootsnall]

I'm not out of contract yet, it ends at the end of April and they are asking to continue at up to 50%

so it's not like, you know, we'll be forced in to, you know, horror of horrors, trading in the Passat or moving to a smaller bedsit

Milan.

I was wondering if you still had the Passat. Surely after all those years of .Net you should now be a tax exile by now.

[ladymuck]

I got extended to the end of July with client #1. Client #2 extended me to the end of the year but cut my hours from an average 16 to 10 per week. Since then they've said that they want me to go full time from the end of July. Will see what actually materialises in a couple of months time.

[ladymuck]

[milanbenes]

so the contract ended at the end of April, and the market was quieter than I have ever seen it, and with Easter and the May 1st holidays around Europe

and to cut a long story short, have landed a contract for 18 months at a 10% higher rate and start on the coming Monday

so all in all was on the bench for three weeks, had a good break and got loads of long running jobs completed at home

the new contract is very interesting work with a previous customer all in all a good result

all the best

Milan.

[milanbenes]

Bad several months.

sorry to hear that, keep going and it will get better

Milan.

[SussexSeagull]

bad day ?

Milan.

Bad several months.

[Gibbon]

I don't do tape changing, I do crayon drawings.

Not sure what I'll pick up next.

How about putting those crayons down and finishing that one line macro, then you can retire

[milanbenes]

Just had a 3 month extension through to 4th July so the job hunt will wait a bit longer.

good job and congratulations

nothing on my side yet, might be looking at some well deserved unplanned time off :-)

let's watch

Milan.

[fatJock]

Just had a 3 month extension through to 4th July so the job hunt will wait a bit longer.

[milanbenes]

My current gig has had a mix of changes. It's been full time, part time, no time, over the past 18 months. The consultancy review every three months what they need and scale the requirement up/down.

have you applied for that passport yet ?

Milan.

[milanbenes]

If you need the money then I would take anything they offer. If you don't need the money and are in a position to retire then I would recomend exiting stage left and leave the whole sorry mess of an industry behind you.

bad day ?

Milan.

[ladymuck]

I'm not out of contract yet, it ends at the end of April and they are asking to continue at up to 50%

so it's not like, you know, we'll be forced in to, you know, horror of horrors, trading in the Passat or moving to a smaller bedsit

Milan.

My current gig has had a mix of changes. It's been full time, part time, no time, over the past 18 months. The consultancy review every three months what they need and scale the requirement up/down.