BunsGettingFirm
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I'm getting a few bites after my CV extreme makeover with a professional career counselor. The positions are mostly in financial management of technology projects, but this one position seems very interesting. It's a lot closer than my current job, it's obviously higher up as I'll be supervising a bunch of IT and financial analysts, and because it's contract work, the pay can be 2 to 3 times what I'm making now as salary. The one catch is that it's 3 months in duration and contract to hire. The work is for a very large defense contractor. From what I have seen of contractors in the tech field, some of them manage to glum on to their positions almost on a semi-permanent basis sometimes working for 6-7 years at the same company which is longer than most permanent employees stay with the same company, and they are taking in at least 2x the pay for the same job.
Please share your thoughts on contract work in general and on this particular job.
As for my present job, I'm not getting the pay for the amount of work and multiple areas that I cover. I know that, but the boss is starting to trust me with bigger and bigger projects. What should I do?
Please share your thoughts on contract work in general and on this particular job.
As for my present job, I'm not getting the pay for the amount of work and multiple areas that I cover. I know that, but the boss is starting to trust me with bigger and bigger projects. What should I do?