I'm currently working for a company for 5 years and 10 months. The first 8 months were on contract and I was then made permanent. To calculate my service time for redundency is it all the time I worked for the company or just the permanent time. Same question applies for the following question. If they decide to let go a handful of people where do I stand on length of service? Alot of people started permanent jobs (no contract period) while I was on contract.