Being asked to go permie ...

[mcquiggd]

Extended contract AtW? I thought you were working on world domination and stroking your pussy....

[Alf W]

Never mind DP. Every cloud has a silver lining. My contract got extended today.

As one door closes .. and all that!

[mcquiggd]

Whereabouts are you in the country, DP, and what locations / rate are you looking for?

Im in contract but I get 5 or 6 phone calls a day from all over the shop for C# / ASP.Net mostly - every now and then VB.Net.

Some want Biztalk (which Im currently getting commercial experience of - the permie chap I work with is a top guy - Im training him in .Net, hes training me in Biztalk and we are designing the standard architecture for that part of the organisation with all the new toys we can find!)

I am happy to forward on relevant info to you.


As an aside, I find VB.Net (which im currently using despite being a 3 year convert to C#) to be a good adjunct to C# - its often quicker to code a solution in VB.Net as a proof of concept, (understanding of issues faced, design decisions, use of the existing framework), then develop the idea in C#... where you have a decent set of refactoring and UML tools. I might even take the additional MCPs in VB.Net as the local banks still use mostly VB and ASP - some are C# but a natural path for some is VB.Net... who knows...

[DimPrawn]

I have to confess my contract ended today.

Yep the once highly respected (some say adored) DimPrawn is now a worthless

.NET eh?

Should have learned SAP.

[Joe Black]

Have you considered tape changing?, believe it pays a little bit more these day as Milan's previous company in Brussels couldn't find anyone as good so they've had to up the rate a bit.

[Fleetwood]

I'm looking anywhere, but Belgium is the first choice. I miss SOCS and playing "dodge the prossies" on Ave Louise too much.

[jenever]

Good luck and enjoy the break. Are you looking in Belgium again?

[Fleetwood]

OOoooooh, scratch your eyes out, both of you. Nothing like hitting a man when he's down.

On the job front,nothing as yet. December is dead and I hope things will be better in Jan when companies can start spending again. Mme Fleetwood is working now, and I do the odd couple of days work here and there, for the SMIC (€8.03 an hour).

F in "It's better than nothing" mode.

[milanbenes]

Jenever,

that's not very nice.

Fleet used to be one of the laaaaaaaads.

Pecker up Fleet.

Milan.

[jenever]

Good answer. I always say "Yes", and then turn down the package offered as being insufficent.

When you have a job that is .... how's the hunt going?

[Fleetwood]

Good answer. I always say "Yes", and then turn down the package offered as being insufficent.

[Underscore2]

Happens all the time

I've beed asked every 3 months during the 2 years I;ve been here....also been told yet again that there is no way they will extend the contract this time. (which would mean the PM leaving just as we get into the testing phase) - doubt it! Like they guys say up there - tell them you'll go Permie but the package has to match. No chance of them coughing up.

[BlasterBates]

...aha looks like "HR" are trying to reduce "personnel costs".

You just have to hope your PM wins the power struggle, otherwise you'll be given "an offer you can easily refuse".

This power struggle breaks out when contractor and permies end up in the same HR budget, and fixed costs get dumped on the "internal" contractor rates.

[SupremeSpod]

Anyone else suffering from this in the banks or elsewhere ?
I've been asked this 4 times in the last year by the PM and
it's starting to annoy me...

Standard reply is "Yeah, no problem, I'll stay as long as you want, but at my current rate, plus a golden hello of 10 times my weekly rate, 500K in my pension fund, hot and cold running whores and a new set of tyres every six months for my company Lambo"...

Spod - In "taking a leaf from Threaded's book" mode!

[aders]

Anyone else suffering from this in the banks or elsewhere ?
I've been asked this 4 times in the last year by the PM and
it's starting to annoy me...