Re: Any $ Tips about going Contractor to Perm in Same Firm?

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Everybody's experience probably differs, but I suggest thinking
twice about making the switch from contracting to full time in the
same company. As a contractor, I have independence, and get more
respect and more money. If the company likes my work, I have the
same stability as a full-time worker (that is, none at all). I can't
think of a single advantage of going full-time.

Moreover, every time I've made this move, I've regretted it - not
just because some unexpected calamity has shortly followed, such as
a major investor pulling out and the last dozen hires being
terminated as the result, but because I've had a decline in status
as the result.

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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"I'm so glad my mother's not around
To see me in a state of such repentence,
I'm so glad she's not around to see -
I'll be out before she finishes her sentence."
-Jez Lowe "(You'll Not Find Me Back In) Durham Gaol"

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