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I contracted for 10 years, then switched to a full-time job at a unicorn. Salary-wise, I calculated my yearly netto for the last contracting year, and submitted
by sam_lowry_ 6y ago
I contracted for 10 years, then switched to a full-time job at a unicorn. Salary-wise, I calculated my yearly netto for the last contracting year, and submitted it to the HR as the netto salary I want to have. They approved in a blink of an eye.
The main problem with contracting is lack of career path and random, not very interesting projects where the contractor has little say.
The downside of employee life is non-technical meetings, personality trainings and yearly reviews. They make me feel like a kid.
I also miss the luxury of buying VAT-free tax-deducible gadgets.
- stewx 6y agoWhat is personality training?
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoWe had a dumbed down MBTI offspring. And a security training. And the bias/unconscious bias/unknown bias training. And a few more that I can not remember.
- qorrect 6y ago> I also miss the luxury of buying VAT-free tax-deducible gadgets. Like what kind of gadgets ?
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoBikes are the most interesting. 120% deductable where I live. Notebooks, phones, various hardware. I have half a dozen Mikrotik routers, for example. Some serve their purpose at home, others are for playing.