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Justinian Forthemoney

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    Are you really just in contracting for the money?
    19
    Yes
    57.89%
    11
    No
    42.11%
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    #2
    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Are you really just in contracting for the money?
    I only work for the money. Whoever pays the most.
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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      #3
      I am working for the money, but I am doing that work as a contractor rater than as a permie for other reasons.

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        #4
        The only thing that would make me go permie is a very well paid senior management position within 10 kms of my house so I can cycle to work and back. The likelihood of this is approximately 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%, but not entirely impossible.
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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          #5
          It is not possible for the kind of person who does my kind of work to be a permie. Many organisations have tried, but it just never happens for them.
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #6
            I have voted yes - for equivalent positions, if the permie position paid c10-15k more net i would do it.

            £15k PA is my price for putting up with permie tulip like performance reviews etc.
            ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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              #7
              Originally posted by threaded View Post
              It is not possible for the kind of person who does my kind of work to be a permie. Many organisations have tried, but it just never happens for them.
              I think the government has quotas that would force companies to take on t he "kind of person" you are

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                #8
                I would only go perm for more money, if it included 12 weeks paid holiday a year, and no appraisals or objective setting.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  I would probably give up doing IT if I had to go back to permie wages.

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                    #10
                    I am into the 4th month of this lovely break from work with over 5 weeks to go until I return to Blighty. The flexibility of contracting knocks permie work into a cocked hat. Or something. I've also had some local beer. End of communique.

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