Take a tour in Europe, France or Switzerland, I know some contractors who have been in the same client, if not team (through various reorg) for more than two decades.
Myself,5y same client over a 7years period, each time in a different team or close to.
Wonder how long it'll last. Current government in Poland recently announced they're planning a crackdown on "permalancers", with a recent interview calling people regularly billing just one client "not true entrepreneurs", and therefore not entitled to privileges of sole proprietorship.
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It's a 6 month engagement that renews in perpetuity. Mainly as a way to avoid having employer obligations.
Also known as a Permalancer - who can also massively increase their take home pay and reduce their tax.
After the Microsoft lawsuit, those perpetual renewals pretty much dried up. Any company that still does it is taking a risk.
Take a tour in Europe, France or Switzerland, I know some contractors who have been in the same client, if not team (through various reorg) for more than two decades. Myself,5y same client over a 7years period, each time in a different team or close to.
Wonder how long it'll last. Current government in Poland recently announced they're planning a crackdown on "permalancers", with a recent interview calling people regularly billing just one client "not true entrepreneurs", and therefore not entitled to privileges of sole proprietorship.
I've been doing this (not quite on the 5 year scale) in both UK and Australia.
Now Microsoft only allows contractors for 18 months in a given 24 month period (i.e. mandatory 6 month cooling-off period).