On 18/11/2011 12:12 PM, Invisible wrote:
> I'm not saying that I have amazingly good job security. I'm just saying
> that anybody who works for themselves has even less than I do. (OTOH,
> it's quite plausible the money is better...)

True, the money is generally better or the conditions are. That is you 
can be picky about which assignments you chose or like me at the moment, 
take a lot of time off work. Also true is that there can be lean periods 
where there is little contract work available. Being an independent 
contractor is not for everyone and I would not recommend it for you. But 
my point is that when you are a permie even if you think that you are in 
a secure job it is not always so. Almost 20 years ago I was made 
redundant from a permanent position with an oil company. I was very 
surprised as I thought that my job was safe as I was one of the better 
people in my department. Who knows what criteria they used for selecting 
who was to go. I’m sure that it was not merit as some of the people they 
kept on were real duffers. ;-)
Anyway, it turned out to be the best thing that has happened to me in a 
long while.


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Regards
     Stephen

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