Plus the stigma of being 'just a contractor' and 'wasting Gov Money' from the permanents. Of course they never consider that contractors don't get the roster day off, public holidays, extra leave for anything, unions, leave loading, extended holidays, super perks etc. You are just seen as someone who is getting more per hour than them and that's it.
This is from someone who was working as a contractor in a Gov Department. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DotNet Dude Sent: Friday, 13 May 2011 4:52 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Govt .net jobs? No perks as contractor other than the pay in my experience On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Winston Pang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmmm, so you're saying it's pretty crap to work for govt? lol > > What about all the perks? > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Rob von Nesselrode > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've met about 2 full time govt Employees. >> >> The whole floor in Bris at DET is full of contractors. Here today, take the >> money, gone tomorrow. >> >> Or in my case, gone yesterday to a fulltime job in the other world :-) >> >> R >>
