Anyone have experience with temp-to-full time gigs?
A recruiter reached out to me last week and I've been talking to him about a position that would be very, very similar to my current role. I've been with my company for 7 years now in a variety of positions (most shitty), but for the last year I've been in a role that's p much exactly what I've been looking for since graduating. There are some dope perks that come along with that-- I work from home whenever I want, and I have lots of accrued PTO, for example-- but the pay isn't great.
The position with this other company is being offered as a temp contract, with the intention to go full-time down the line, but there's no timeline on that, because hiring is currently on pause due to a merger. This recruiter (he's third party, not from the company) said that it would be a full-time position if it weren't for that merger, and the definite goal is to make it full-time as soon as the company gets the green light to do so. That's obviously a huge risk for me, though, and I responded as much. He said that they could compensate me extra while on the temp contract, and then go down a bit when I go full-time. And that's the trade-off... The numbers he's said I would get would be almost a 50% raise for me in the short-term, and about 40% over what I'm making now once I go full-time. That's a massive pay bump, and I'm trying to figure out if it's worth the risk.
Current job:
-Like what I do
-Low expectations (was brought on in an entry-level capacity, with an understanding that there would be a significant learning curve)
-Great job security
-Work from home whenever I goddamn please
-Tons of PTO / 401k matching / etc, from tenure with company
This job:
-$$$ (compared to what I'm making now, at least)
-Risk around temp contract
-Uncertainty about job security post-merger? It's a much smaller firm than where I am now
-Probably *significantly* higher expectations
wat do