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> the best interview process is hiring someone as a consultant, and then converting them after a year or so Unfortunately, this is also a "great" way to keep t
by skore 12y ago
> the best interview process is hiring someone as a consultant, and then converting them after a year or so
Unfortunately, this is also a "great" way to keep temp employees in constant limbo with the perm job as the carrot and stick. Usually, the temp job also leaves you with a lot less money (particularly because all the perks - insurance etc. - are reserved for proper employees) and, depending on the company, that's just all too attractive: A temp worker turning in work like a perm worker, always trying to "get there".
- robmcm 12y agoIronically it's the opposite in the UK, temp employees in the tech industry typically earn a lot more. In context to the interview I was talking about the perm rate was half of the contract rates they were paying people on the same team.
- hackerboos 12y agoI concur. As a contractor in the UK, you are likely not paying National Insurance contributions, are able to write off mileage and other expenses, can reduce your tax liability with dividends. Plus you'd still get access to the NHS. I'm perm at the moment, but if I was a contractor I'd be saving a significant amount of money.
- shubb 12y agoThe main thing is that if you are earning decent money, you want to be a contractor because it is tax efficient.
- collyw 12y agoYou ought to be paying National Insurance.
- hackerboos 12y agoIf you own your own limited company and received income via dividends, it's not subject to NI.
- gaius 12y agoThere are a lot of people like this in the UK, not just in IT, the BBC, the media, even the government are full of them. They look like employees, quack like employees, but dodge PAYE. They are the problem, not a couple of billionaires with Swiss bank accounts.
- madeofpalk 12y agoIn AU, once you factor in tax and benefits, contractors typically earn 50% more than full time employees. For a $100k full time role, the same might go to a contractor for $800+/day ($180k/year).
- TickleSteve 12y agoContracting in the UK typically pays close to double the equivalent permie postion... its much more profitable and there is no way I would go permie again given the choice. Honestly, quite surprised to hear its the other way around in the states. Here, contractors tend to laugh at the 'perks'... they're pretty much worthless.
- gambiting 12y agoIn the States, as a contractor you have to pay your own health insurance,which can be ruinous. Large corporation can provide a much better package than what you could afford on your own,because they get discounts. Obviously here in the UK it doesn't matter, because you get NHS coverage either way.