I always wondered why contracting is only a good option mainly in UK-US. Surely you can contract in Europe for 5 quid an hour like Milan,but mainly the best options are permie jobs (sure there are some good contracts but they are few and politically distributed) as contracting is often considered as a temporary choice and not a lifestyle one.
Why contracting is so difficult to accept as a career and life choice in most of the world (and that is even harder to understand in countries with more liberal job market laws like Switzerland)?
I am not even sure if we can include the US too as even there, there doesn't seem to be so much difference between permie and contractors moneywise.
In many countries you also pay more taxes as a contractor than a permie (i.e. this is not meant as a suggestion for the UK Tax Office) which makes contracting an even less appealing alternative.
Why contracting is so difficult to accept as a career and life choice in most of the world (and that is even harder to understand in countries with more liberal job market laws like Switzerland)?
I am not even sure if we can include the US too as even there, there doesn't seem to be so much difference between permie and contractors moneywise.
In many countries you also pay more taxes as a contractor than a permie (i.e. this is not meant as a suggestion for the UK Tax Office) which makes contracting an even less appealing alternative.
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