So having moved to the dark side a few years ago and finding myself back on the bench! (BTW, if you do go perm and find yourself in a very good job, don't make the decision to quit and go and work with your ex-VP elsewhere without getting a signed ******* contract in place first!!!!)
Anyway.
I've been applying for specific contracts, mostly in the £350-£500 range and I'm shortlisted on a few, with an offer of £350 for a 3 monther and a perm role which is the rough equivalent.
I'm finding that I am no longer weighing up the pro's and con's based on money only. For example. healthcare, holidays, sick, shares, pension schemes are swaying that for me. Of course, you can calculate all of these anyway through your own Ltd on a contract versus contract basis, but it's still not that which is making me decide on roles.
As a perm in my role, I'm the boss, I set the agendas and roadmaps, have huge autonomy. I find myself settling into the culture, the politics etc, where as a contractor someone else sets the work, the focus, the roadmap. I may PM it or develop it, but it's still someones elses vision & strategy. Yeh, I may decide when I can quit and in my minds eye I think I'm the boss, but I'm not really.
So it's on that basis I'm looking for perm. Perm for me is managerial, vision & strategy with longterm career growth, contracting is technical, short-term, finite with a rocky career(very rare to see old contractors except in engineering).
So for me I think perm is going to be the best. Any contracts will be a short-term blip.
Anyone else have opinions on Perm vs Contract?
Anyway.
I've been applying for specific contracts, mostly in the £350-£500 range and I'm shortlisted on a few, with an offer of £350 for a 3 monther and a perm role which is the rough equivalent.
I'm finding that I am no longer weighing up the pro's and con's based on money only. For example. healthcare, holidays, sick, shares, pension schemes are swaying that for me. Of course, you can calculate all of these anyway through your own Ltd on a contract versus contract basis, but it's still not that which is making me decide on roles.
As a perm in my role, I'm the boss, I set the agendas and roadmaps, have huge autonomy. I find myself settling into the culture, the politics etc, where as a contractor someone else sets the work, the focus, the roadmap. I may PM it or develop it, but it's still someones elses vision & strategy. Yeh, I may decide when I can quit and in my minds eye I think I'm the boss, but I'm not really.
So it's on that basis I'm looking for perm. Perm for me is managerial, vision & strategy with longterm career growth, contracting is technical, short-term, finite with a rocky career(very rare to see old contractors except in engineering).
So for me I think perm is going to be the best. Any contracts will be a short-term blip.
Anyone else have opinions on Perm vs Contract?
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