This Business and Moment...

[Throrik]

A recruiter suggested I set up a limited company now, ahead of him trying to find contract web dev jobs for me.

I don't know much about that, but it sounds like there are three options:
- sole trader
- limited company
- umbrella company

Anyone know which is best?

It also sounds like these would change my circumstances so my JSA might stop, which might seem trivial, but it also might cost me a bunch of money unnecessarily if I pull the trigger too early.

Depends what sort of contracts you are going to go for - Inside IR35 generally require you use an Umbrella company for PAYE. Outside IR35 generally better off being a Ltd company.

 

[ChrisD.]

1 month into my 3 month notice, crossing the days off my calendar, but jesus it's miserable.

I did try to negotiate it down, but they were having none of it and are forcing me to work the full 3 months, meh - I'm completely disengaged, don't want to be here - people are being weird with me, I just don't want it, it's making me miserable. Ok I'm getting paid - but they're constantly turning the screws on me, some people in particular are trying to dominate me a bit, but I'm refusing to bite and just ignoring them.

I'd honestly rather not be paid at all, and just not work until early Jan when I start my new role - the magnitude of which still hasn't sunk in.

Hopefully, going into the end of Nov and into Dec it'll start to calm down a bit.

Is going on the sick an option?

 

[Felon]

Is going on the sick an option?

Meh... I've thought about it.

Honestly, I really don't like faking sick days, I really want to - but despite being the most non-superstitious person in the world, I just have serious anxiety about that sort of thing biting me in the ass somehow, later on.

I guess I'm just a bit of a worrywart about that sort of thing, I just have probably one of the best roles I could ever have landed waiting for me in January - and I don't want anything to come back and haunt me later lol..

 

[ChrisD.]

I don't see how it's faking it.

 

[Felon]

I don't see how it's faking it.

I guess you have a point..

 

[NickK]

Recruiter advert - "Hybrid" with no geographic, recruiter first line of LinkedIn chat "Would you be ok working 4 days/week in Nottingham".

The role is product management portfolio level but seems that being onsite is important..
The team is distributed (at least with Poland as the recruiter is in Poland).
The customers are distributed geographically..
Any third parties will be distributed geographically.

In short, previously I'd spent a good 1-2 days/week seeing customers globally or visiting offices updating sales training, doing development (a SAFE PI in Pune or Scrum in Krakow).

Not to sound like a "wha" but .. wha.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

The FC who I replaced 14 months ago got in touch a couple of weeks ago about joining her new team as a finance manager as she needs to step up, so I had my third interview for that yesterday.

Not sure I could do the drive into Reading 2-3 times a week, probably get the bus and train instead.

Final interview today for the bigger company though. Hopefully I’ll have two offers to contemplate over the weekend.

Technical vs managerial - at the moment leaning more towards technical as I think it’ll have more legs for future career progression. Also much bigger company with more potential.