Ray- Personally I was FTE for 11 years and then did just over a year on a DoD contract. I found that the contractor's life is not for me, at least not government contracts. I never did any private sector contracting so it may be different in that environment. Personally I prefer the stability of FTE and I like working with the same team for many years. I also get exposed to a lot more technologies than just Remedy so while my skillset may not be as deep as a lot of folks on the list regarding Remedy it is probably broader than many.
I also don't have the personality or patience to be able to weather the occasional gap between contracts, both mentally and budget-wise. YMMV. -Rick -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Gellenbeck Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Contract vs FTE Thanks. I've always been a FTE since I started in 96. The growing trend seems to be client hopes for a short deploy/customize contract gig then drop the SME and then hope a cheaper admin can keep it running. The beauty of that dream is then when that flops they hire an old codger like me to undo the mess, which runs 2-3 times longer on average. Anyway, I was just taken back how many recruiters hit you up for contract-only gigs these days. I've always said "pass" but wonder about the pros/con's in the current market. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
