Leaving a contract job for a permanent one

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Has anyone here left a contract job before it expired for permanent employment? What are the consequences and how did you go about resigning?
 
Surely that's contained within your contract? As far as I'm aware, the only difference between a contract job and a permanent one is that a contract has a fixed end-date. However everything else - e.g. the ability to resign - remains in place.
 
rjoy said:
Has anyone here left a contract job before it expired for permanent employment? What are the consequences and how did you go about resigning?
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Your contract will contain everything you need to follow in terms of resignation or "Terminating" the fixed-term contract.

I would assume 1 months notice and bobs your uncle you're free to take the new position.
 
Thanks. Yeah it does sometimes the wording can be confusing .I though the might be a "termination fee" attached.
No leave days ,dragging yourself to work when sick and ****en have to beg for salary slips is just not on.
 
rjoy said:
Thanks. Yeah it does sometimes the wording can be confusing .I though the might be a "termination fee" attached.
No leave days ,dragging yourself to work when sick and ****en have to beg for salary slips is just not on.
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I worked on contract for several years, effectively I had all the terms and conditions of a permanent position except for one major issue, I didn't pay pension.

When they wanted to make me permanent and deduct pension, I left.
 
saturnz said:
I worked on contract for several years, effectively I had all the terms and conditions of a permanent position except for one major issue, I didn't pay pension.

When they wanted to make me permanent and deduct pension, I left.
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Because you're such a rebel?

That's the only thing that makes remote logical sense.
 
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Permanent employment is much better than contract work in the long run. If you can't see that, you will when you reach retirement age.
 
Geoff.D said:
Permanent employment is much better than contract work in the long run. If you can't see that, you will when you reach retirement age.
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But pension is theft according to our financial guru :erm:
 
[video=youtube_share;gvZSpET11ZY]https://youtu.be/gvZSpET11ZY[/video]
 
Yes because a discussion on America's setup is so totally applicable to this country.
 
saturnz said:
R6000 today vs R6000 in 30 years time

yeah, its as good as gone to me
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Well, it is either pension into your companies pension plan or eventually compulsory deduction via the guavamint into their own pension fund. Call it what you want, retirement planning is a must (unless of course you intend of relying on the state's social system).
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
Well, it is either pension into your companies pension plan or eventually compulsory deduction via the guavamint into their own pension fund. Call it what you want, retirement planning is a must (unless of course you intend of relying on the state's social system).
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I'm not relying on the states social system now, so I doubt I will rely on it later.

If you have a pension and mortgage, what do you think would happen if you pumped the pension into the mortgage lets say, in theory?
 
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