Reply to: premie or contract

[Xenophon]

Yeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

£500k+ p.a. is a very, very tasty basic salary. According to this calculator that works out at over £25k per month net.



Shame about the £200k p.a. deductions though...

[MrRobin]

scooterscot, would you kindly reveal what this job you are being offered entails?

[Troll]

Currently the client I'm at is making all the wrong, very very wrong strategic decisions and very soon it will all end in tears.

I'm sat here thinking "if I was a permie I'd have to give a tulip about this" instead of just increasing the rate and taking the extension for sorting the mess out.

Also just spoke to a permie who was filling out her review bollux documentation ahead of her 360...

no amount of money could ever compensate

[scooterscot]

the poor fish...

[NickFitz]

Yeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

To quote an unnamed Hell's Angel speaking to Hunter S Thompson:
"I'd go under water and **** fish for that kind of money."

[chef]

you've filled out this haven't you..

[Francko]

This job does not require a knowledge of side arms and knowing how to use them when ordered!

Pfff! Threaded invented side arms!!!

[scooterscot]

This job does not require a knowledge of side arms and knowing how to use them when ordered!

[Francko]

Yeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

Threaded wouldn't even get out of the bed for at least 20 times that rate.

[scooterscot]

[Sysman]

Yeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

TAKE IT!!!

PS Want someone to carry your bags?

[scooterscot]

Gracefully turn it down. If there paying very very well, it will mean they think they own you. If the permie rate is £100,000 a year, then you should be charging as a contractor £100 an hour, according to the usual rule of thumb. That's £170,000 gross.

I was recently offered a permie job with my current client. The salary was very good, and it is a nice place to work. But what really made me reject it was the fact that I wouldn't be able to take 12 weeks holiday a year.

Yeah well this one is 5 times the permie rate you mentioned, plus a litte more.

[TheFaQQer]

Gracefully turn it down. If there paying very very well, it will mean they think they own you. If the permie rate is £100,000 a year, then you should be charging as a contractor £100 an hour, according to the usual rule of thumb. That's £170,000 gross.

I was recently offered a permie job with my current client. The salary was very good, and it is a nice place to work. But what really made me reject it was the fact that I wouldn't be able to take 12 weeks holiday a year.

My last permie job had 20 days leave per year, and you had to take three between Christmas and New Year. Job was OK, location was great, pay reasonable, but the holiday was the crunch that sent me contracting.

Depends on what they are offering as a package - money isn't everything, it's a lifestyle choice. I work away most of the time, but only work 9 months a year and spend the rest with my family. I'd rather do that than have little or no holiday but more money.

[NotAllThere]

Gracefully turn it down. If there paying very very well, it will mean they think they own you. If the permie rate is £100,000 a year, then you should be charging as a contractor £100 an hour, according to the usual rule of thumb. That's £170,000 gross.

I was recently offered a permie job with my current client. The salary was very good, and it is a nice place to work. But what really made me reject it was the fact that I wouldn't be able to take 12 weeks holiday a year.

[scooterscot]

Spending the weekend thinking about it...