Outsources want the project to drag so they can extract more cash from the hapless company who agreed the dodgy deal
They totally do. I have seen them plan and replan and announce great tragedies that involve further months of work and you are like, feck off and give me 5 permies and we will slay this beast in a month.
He isnt needed at all. He is introducing new processes which are all very "waterfally" which clash terribly with our agile work. Its like he is stuck in a delivery style from twenty years ago.
Turning away from the dark side? Good lord, I do think it is a good move. All my mates who are contractors are getting permie work where they can as they say that all the contract market is getting ruined by partners and outsourcing and gigs are getting harder to get with bigger gaps in between
You might even be able to get talent now, as the contactors are all sulkily slouching back to permy work. I nearly always found one decent knowledgeable permy per biz.. and the rest tended to know just enough to get by.
Being a contractor for 29 years, you have to know your shit, or have a CV with many 3 month contracts being written on it. Both the pimps and interviewers tend to pick up on this small detail.
For me.., I have found somewhere with great managers, and have respect. That's better than the doubloons which are sadly fading year by year. I have had enough, but am still a contractor for the moment... barely.
Oh I know, that was one of the red flags we always looked out for, the short contracts, the many short contracts. You were like, aye aye, how come they keep getting papped off!
If you find a place you like and the work is good i think it is a no-brainer in this climate and also... as you get that wee bit older its a bit more security instead of the dubloons! :O)