Nightmares about Permiedom

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

This is a serious thing by the way....

Has anybody else suffered from recurring dreams of going back to permiedom?

In my dream:

- I suddenly leave contracting to go back to one of my permie roles
- I see how the place has changed and I remember all the bad things about being permie
- I look at my payslip and see how much I am earning
- I wake up with sweats and a great deal of relief....

[yetanotherbob]

I have nightmares about disguised permiedom.

[lukemg]

Actually lived through this nightmare - It was brutal. Ass fell out of current skills, couldn't buy a contract. Panicked and went perm, 50% pay cut, had to look at prices again, performance reviews from a total bellend, miles from home too and the warchest got burned so quick I could barely believe it.
Took me 3 years to reinvent myself as someone else, get another job with the right job title, lie and cheat to get out of there and finally scored a contract.
6 years back in the game and still scares me that it will go bump. Plan B is get a warchest so big and generating so much income that I am immune from this dodgy business. Need a good few years yet though....

[Doggy Styles]

I enjoyed my permiedom, doing interesting stuff in engineering and computers.

It ended 20+ years ago mind. I worked for some good bosses who saw me all right for promotions and pay increases, and I didn't have to bend over once.

[SimonMac]

I have nightmares about finding out some of the sockies on here are in fact real

[northernladuk]

Blah blah blah

Bellend.

[SimonMac]

Bellend.

Harsh!

[FiveTimes]

Bellend.

that's an sy01 put down.

[Doggy Styles]

I have nightmares about finding out some of the sockies on here are in fact real

Straight up. I was a lucky permy.

Until we got made redundant.

But that led to 20+ years of happy contracting.

[FiveTimes]

This is a serious thing by the way....

Has anybody else suffered from recurring dreams of going back to permiedom?

In my dream:

- I suddenly leave contracting to go back to one of my permie roles
- I see how the place has changed and I remember all the bad things about being permie
- I look at my payslip and see how much I am earning
- I wake up with sweats and a great deal of relief....

FFS.

Why would anyone have nightmares about going back to permie ?