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<blockquote data-quote="Hacker News" data-source="post: 71298" data-attributes="member: 365">I'm tired of working at my current company as an employee mainly due to how the company is being managed for the last ~5 years and considering moving to contracting or another company with more flexibility (4 days week?) and maybe a better career path. I was a contractor when I moved to the UK to work for the current company.Might be too specific to my case, but maybe someone out there has gone through something similar in the past/recently?About me: from EU, early 40s, 2 kids and wife, over 15 years experience as full stack dev, based in the UK working for the same company for 7+ years in a stable full stack role remotely since the pandemic as the company sole dev/sysadmin, earning £60k+ ($66k) per year.About the company: small/medium(?) size company (13 employees + 1 owner/director, ~£15m ($16m) turnover per year), 12+ years trading, I report to the director.I feel stuck and bored as there is no progress to be made due to it being a private owned business with one director. A lot of decisions taken benefit the director personally instead of the company as a whole.I want more time to get back in education, but working 9-5/Mon-Fri is really draining and when I finish work I just want to get some rest. I have 3 months emergency fund that could pay for the house expenses if I decide to leave.There are no benefits except what's required by law (28 holidays, including bank holidays, 3% pension match), no education budget, no perks.Perhaps I need to look for a bigger company with a better career path? Maybe get back to contracting?Thanks<hr />Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139446" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139446</a>Points: 10# Comments: 10<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139446" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hacker News, post: 71298, member: 365"] I'm tired of working at my current company as an employee mainly due to how the company is being managed for the last ~5 years and considering moving to contracting or another company with more flexibility (4 days week?) and maybe a better career path. I was a contractor when I moved to the UK to work for the current company. Might be too specific to my case, but maybe someone out there has gone through something similar in the past/recently? About me: from EU, early 40s, 2 kids and wife, over 15 years experience as full stack dev, based in the UK working for the same company for 7+ years in a stable full stack role remotely since the pandemic as the company sole dev/sysadmin, earning £60k+ ($66k) per year. About the company: small/medium(?) size company (13 employees + 1 owner/director, ~£15m ($16m) turnover per year), 12+ years trading, I report to the director. I feel stuck and bored as there is no progress to be made due to it being a private owned business with one director. A lot of decisions taken benefit the director personally instead of the company as a whole. I want more time to get back in education, but working 9-5/Mon-Fri is really draining and when I finish work I just want to get some rest. I have 3 months emergency fund that could pay for the house expenses if I decide to leave. There are no benefits except what's required by law (28 holidays, including bank holidays, 3% pension match), no education budget, no perks. Perhaps I need to look for a bigger company with a better career path? Maybe get back to contracting? Thanks [HR][/HR] Comments URL: [URL]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139446[/URL] Points: 10 # Comments: 10 [url="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139446"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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