I wouldn't knock it, the way things are at present, but a word of warning ..
An agent just phoned me to say that a client who interviewed me three months ago, and at the time chose someone else, would now like me for a similar contract role.
Anyway, I said I'd be interested but am waiting to hear back from a couple of permie interviews (with quite good salaries, c £60K) and mentioned that security/continuity is becoming more important than contract rate if clients are booting people out after three months and then one hardly avoid a gap before the next contract (if any!).
Not sure if it was scare tactics on his part, or a deliberate tactic by companies, but he replied that companies are increasingly taking on ex-contractors as permies, and then finding some pretext to let them go after three months anyway when they have satisfactorily completed some task!
An agent just phoned me to say that a client who interviewed me three months ago, and at the time chose someone else, would now like me for a similar contract role.
Anyway, I said I'd be interested but am waiting to hear back from a couple of permie interviews (with quite good salaries, c £60K) and mentioned that security/continuity is becoming more important than contract rate if clients are booting people out after three months and then one hardly avoid a gap before the next contract (if any!).
Not sure if it was scare tactics on his part, or a deliberate tactic by companies, but he replied that companies are increasingly taking on ex-contractors as permies, and then finding some pretext to let them go after three months anyway when they have satisfactorily completed some task!
and kick off 
yesterdays nursery debate 
again ...
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