Would you take a drop in pay for the sake for a lot less travel time

britboy4321 · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:18

Phate said:
I love the fact that people hear the word contracter and assume said person is on £3745826 an hour

If you're on less than £25 an hour you shouldn't be contracting.

No pension, rights, security, career etc. etc. for <£25 is just not worth it IMO

Syph · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:23

I only live a 25 min walk away. No travel expenses, little time lost and often get a lift home (5 mins). It's about the first thing I'd weigh up if/when I do decide to move on.

Phate · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:24

Jez said:
What do you actually do phate?

IT's just 1st and 2nd line IT Support to businesses and home users, and when I'm not here I'm pushing my photography wherever I can.

Phate · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:24

britboy4321 said:
No pension, rights, security, career etc. etc. for <£25 is just not worth it IMO

Well I don't intend for it to be my perm career, plus any work is better than no work in the current climate

Jez · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:28

Phate said:
IT's just 1st and 2nd line IT Support to businesses and home users, and when I'm not here I'm pushing my photography wherever I can.

Cool, just wondered as you have chopped and changed a fair bit as far as i could tell?

Phate · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:32

Jez said:
Cool, just wondered as you have chopped and changed a fair bit as far as i could tell?

Yeh I'm all over the place right now, I do this IT work + the photography work and always browsing for part time contracts so I'm atleast doing something when I'm not doing either.

Kinda all over the shop at the minute but keeps me entertained

[TW]Fox · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:34

Why not just get a normal job instead of a new one every 2 seconds?

I mean fair enough if it was working for you financially but you've been struggling for a proper career for years now and getting nowhere by jumping ship every 34 seconds?

Glaucus · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:35

Drop in pay yes.
But you like it where you are and it's a long term job. So I would stay put.

Phate · 18 Feb 2010 at 17:37

[TW]Fox;15989588 said:
Why not just get a normal job instead of a new one every 2 seconds?

I mean fair enough if it was working for you financially but you've been struggling for a proper career for years now and getting nowhere by jumping ship every 34 seconds?

Not really.

Career was fine for the first 5 years of it. It was when I got made redundant in October 2008 due to department restructuring it kinda started going pear shaped.

Tis tough to land a full time job, so in the mean time have been doing whatever I can whenever I can to make sure my bills get paid

- Which is hardly a bad thing!