There must be good and bad permanent jobs as much as there are good and bad contracts. At least when a project gets pulled or descoped at the drop of a hat they have to find you something to do and pay you.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThere are two approaches to going permie.
1. Recognise you're a small cog and no one cares, and exploit the hell out of the fact that it's really hard to sack anyone. Enjoy your sick leave, paid holidays, training (if you get any), and generally goofing off. It helps if you're very smart and capable and you work in a low achieving company, since you'll get the work you actually need to do within a couple of hours each day, if that. The rest of the time you can enjoy learning how to do the Listener crossword for example.
2. Only work for a company where you know the directors personally, and have been working with them on and off for a few years, and know that they need you're skills, reward appropriately and they don't treat anyone in the company like drones.
TL;DR - pick where you work. Not all permie jobs are the same.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostChances of getting perm gig with a week's notice? None.Comment
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Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View PostAmazing advice and in particular point 1 - Basically the dream is to get paid for nothing so joining a poor company on a nice salary would be great and then just coast along
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostThat’s called the public sector
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Farm work off on junior doctors, turn up 45 minutes late because you want to drive your daughter to work ( wife's consultant did that all the time ), be director of software firm that gets work with local trust with no tendering, spend only half the week on NHS duties whilst doing more lucrative private work, oh and tell your patients they can wait 9 months NHS or pay to see you in 2 weeks...Comment
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