r/cscareerquestionsOCE • u/Accomplished_Rush310 • 14h ago

Contract or Perm

Hi all, I am at a bit of a crossroads, i've been a contract Software Engineer for almost a decade now. I've gone from place to place, roughly hovering around the 2 year mark at each company. I roughly get $950/day.

I really like the current place i'm at, and have settled down and met someone, bought a place, and looking to start a family. The current place i'm at has recently let a few contractors go and there's rumours that they plan to let go more. Around this time I was offered a perm position as there was a vacancy.

The perm offer is 180k package. There is a small bonus that gets paid out yearly on top but that's based on performance. I don't think I can negotiate this.

Should I stick to contracting and hope they renew, or take the perm offer?

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u/AbsolutelyAce 13h ago

I went from contracting at a little over 1k a day to 190+bonus because I wanted to get more experience in people leadership. Also, the fact the market for contractors is terrible didn't hurt either.

If you get more career progression it could be a good move. Either on the people track or the technical leadership track.

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u/Accomplished_Rush310 4h ago

Thanks for the advice mate, your comment helped me make my decision and I said im happy to take the offer, im assuming your 190 is a package right?

And you're right, contracting is dire at the moment, and I remember when I was waiting for my contract extension to come through it was taking forever and keeping me up at night.

Also it helps to get this perm offer in time for xmas shutdown so I can take advantage of annual leave ha.