Temping

[Apache]

Mrs A is in a quandry, she has been offered the option of redundancy with a hefty cash bonus or staying on in a different role.....unfortunately that role still involves working for her current manager, an insecure control freak.
She is looking around S Cambs but the leads seem to fizzle out so was wondering if she could cut it temping, does anyone have any insight into this? she has exp in Regulatory Affairs as an Assistant, FM Assistant etc

[f13ldy]

Anyone can cut it temping, just a question of how little money she is willing to work for.

I was in a similar situation 7 months ago (also working in Regulatory Services), took my payout and haven't worked since.

[Fer]

f13ldy said:

I was in a similar situation 7 months ago (also working in Regulatory Services), took my payout and haven't worked since.

Is the not working out of choice?

[Apache]

f13ldy said:

Anyone can cut it temping, just a question of how little money she is willing to work for.

I was in a similar situation 7 months ago (also working in Regulatory Services), took my payout and haven't worked since.

Oh.........great

[f13ldy]

Fer said:

f13ldy said:

I was in a similar situation 7 months ago (also working in Regulatory Services), took my payout and haven't worked since.

Is the not working out of choice?

Kind of.

I am being picky about what job I return to, given that I would rather take my time choosing something that is suited to me rather than picking the first vacancy that turns up.

[OllieBirmingham]

So at the moment you just laze round the house watching daytime TV and getting stoned out of your box while wearing nothing but underwear?

Thats what I'd probably be doing...

[YZF600R]

Temping down here seems to earn you £7 to £8 per hour for most admin roles, which is the equivalent of what - £14-16k a year.

Ok, not brilliant by any standards but if it pays the bills for a couple of months in between jobs !

[RossMac]

Loads of Pharma companies and regulatory consultancies around Cambs. The latter are alwaysn on the lookout for good experienced RA types

[Apache]

RossMac said:

Loads of Pharma companies and regulatory consultancies around Cambs. The latter are alwaysn on the lookout for good experienced RA types

You'd think

[carter711]

Temping is just like having a job but you can leave/get asked to leave at any time, that's about the only difference.

[Randy Shlong]

carter711 said:

Temping is just like having a job but you can leave/get asked to leave at any time, that's about the only difference.

And depending on the legnth of contract, no-one will talk to you because your not going to be around long enough.

[mouk786]

Randy Shlong said:

carter711 said:

Temping is just like having a job but you can leave/get asked to leave at any time, that's about the only difference.

And depending on the legnth of contract, no-one will talk to you because your not going to be around long enough.

I temped for around 2 months in 2 different jobs for around £8 an hour and that certainly wasntt the case in my experience, I got on well with most people at both places.

I am geenrally a likeable person and an all round good guy but that is neither here nor there.

[JamesZS]

Randy Shlong said:

carter711 said:

Temping is just like having a job but you can leave/get asked to leave at any time, that's about the only difference.

And depending on the legnth of contract, no-one will talk to you because your not going to be around long enough.

I think that's dependent on where you work.

I'm technically a temp still now, but have been in this post almost a year (last week next week). The people here have been spot on since day one, because I'm doing a job that takes a massive weight off people's shoulders.

On the flip-side, I've had temp jobs in the past where the people in the office will actively blank you because you're 'obviously' an unemployable job-hopping moron that's incapable of getting permanent work/got fired from their last permanent job.

Bit hit-and-miss really