just for context, i am fully employed, but am ( passively ) looking for a full time remote position
i got a call from a recruiter the other day about a longer term contract and i am considering it. frankly, the remote aspect and getting my beak wet when it comes to consulting makes me wanna do it, but the call with recruiter set off some internal alarms:
1. its remote, but they want you to come in every so often into office, but they are not married to it 2. its consulting, but they want to ensure you don't work for anyone else, but they want you to have an llc ( i have one setup for one small offs, but it never was a year long engagement ) 3. its lower than my current pay, but the remote part offsets a lot for me 4. recruiter said previously hired candidate got dropped due to visa issues 5. oh right, there was a weird level of focus on jira; the recruiter wanted to make sure i know it -- somehow it made into job description
i guess what i am saying is, the call felt weird, but i dont think it is a scam and i know from experience, financial institutions are weird when it comes to tech
so here are my questions:
- did any of the points above feel off? - did any of you do it ( consult for an FI ) ? - and if you did, did you run into any issues that you would handle differently in retrospect?
1. My rate was $350/hr, which was about 3x my salary at the time. I would have laughed if someone offered me to do full time exclusive consulting for them at the rate of my regular employment salary. It just does not make any sense.
2. I didn't have an exclusivity clause in the contract. I could have agreed to exclusivity but for no less than 3 months of full time engagement (40hr/week).
3. Remote vs in office - must be clearly specified in the contract. I would not have agreed to visit the office more than once every two months (no longer than 3 days long visits).
4. Not sure what's weird about Jira, it's a standard tool many companies use.
In general, don't overthink what recruiter said. Talk to the hiring manager.