Dark Side Looms

[MonzaMike]

Will be moving to a perm role at ClientCo in next couple of weeks.

Money won't be near as good but need a little stability for a few months.

Also interested to see whether I can climb further up the corporate ladder (I think it's much harder to get senior roles if you are a contractor)

Wife has spent all the war chest and I don't have the balls to walk and wait for the next role.

Been contracting for 15 years. Feels like the end of an era.

[lukemg]

15 years contracting and you are potless ??? A divorce can give you a kicking but this does sound a bit reckless. Warchest should be brimming at this stage !!

[JamJarST]

Will be moving to a perm role at ClientCo in next couple of weeks.

Money won't be near as good but need a little stability for a few months.

Also interested to see whether I can climb further up the corporate ladder (I think it's much harder to get senior roles if you are a contractor)

Wife has spent all the war chest and I don't have the balls to walk and wait for the next role.

Been contracting for 15 years. Feels like the end of an era.

Doesn't sound very permanent to me

[Stan.goodvibes]

Doesn't sound very permanent to me

hahahaha well spotted.

Monzamike I recently started a fixed term permy role after being a contractor since '95. I almost hung up on the agent when he said fixed term perm but I'm glad I didn't. When I add up all the perks and holidays etc plus the massively subsidised full cafe, the 9% pension contribution ON TOP, plus I still get to do some freelance contract work for my last clientco, it's not that bad.

It's a 7 hour day (never did less than 40+ hours a week as a contractor) but I can elect to do an extra 22 minutes a day and get a flexi day each month so add that to the 4 weeks paid leave and 18 personal days plus paid stats I'm getting over 2 months off a year. Paid. Just had Queens Birthday long weekend - I got paid to be at the beach. So basically I'm here for about 10 months, get a ton of perks (free gym etc etc etc), get close to what I was getting on contract plus pension, without any of the contractor hassles (tax, paperwork, IR35 etc etc). It's a nice change, and one that doesn't have to be permanent.

State of the global economy at present and recovery being so slow to get underway if I were you I'd take the easy way out for a year until Summer 2012 and then see how things are looking contract-wise. It'll swing round again but in the meantime... put your wife back out to work and get her restocking the war chest while you cruise through the permy thing

[Stan.goodvibes]

...and just found out that there is a bank holiday (a real one, just for banks) on August 1, so thats *another* paid day off.