Two offers, which one to choose

I have two offers:

1. Contract to hire, hourly rate for contract is $49/hour(w2), perm is $83K, which is not written in the paper as currently the paper is from the recruiting company as a contractor for $48/hour
2. direct hire, $88K

Two companies are about the same, but I have totally different interview experiences with them. For #1: one phone and onsite interview with the hiring manager, no other team member/director/VP. The manager did not ask any technical questions, just asked my past working experience and how many years I used XXX, etc on the phone interview. For onsite, mainly the behavior questions, with one HR people sit aside taking the notes(HR did not ask me any question). The onsite and phone interview each lasted only last 30 minutes. Company #2 has an intensive technical phone interview with 3 people, onsite interview includes intensive technical interview with all the team member(4), with the director, and with the VP. It lasted 3+ hours.
#2 is half way closer to where I live, the hiring manager is a korean.

I like the $48/hour rate, but not sure how long the contract period will last as it is a contract-to-hire position. The recruiter mentioned about 3 months, but not written in the paper. How long does it normally last for the contract period for contract-to-hire position?

I really need your opinion on which one to pick. I will have to make the decision today. Thanks a lot!

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• 要穩定，就選2。 -sigma- ♂ (258 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:25:18

• Thanks, but -sarah2- ♀ (538 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:39:12

• 那你就直說你隻要幹contracor吧。 -sigma- ♂ (177 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:48:24

• Well, -sarah2- ♀ (365 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:25:44

• 你的risk management的關念不太正確。 -sigma- ♂ (603 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:53:05

• 選三！！！！！！！！ -眼冒金星- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:59:43

• Ding!!!! 回複：你的risk management的關念不太正確。 -歡諺- ♂ (449 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 18:24:12

• 2 -豬胖子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:32:34

• Can you explain, thanks -sarah2- ♀ (172 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:42:34

• perm 有Benefit -豬胖子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:46:34

• Option 2 - it's a no-brainer -Kaolin007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 06:53:52

• Can you shed some light on -sarah2- ♀ (252 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:20:08

• No layoffs for contractor (if this is what the -屋漏痕- ♂ (256 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:34:41

• Another possibility -sarah2- ♀ (236 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:39:15

• Yes, that's called contract to hire. -屋漏痕- ♂ (128 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:59:42

• 回複：Two offers, which one to choose -sarah2- ♀ (357 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:44:41

• #1... -HappyNow?!- ♂ (297 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 07:52:51

• Umm... -sarah2- ♀ (600 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 08:37:33

• 幹活太累了，爬上來亂講講 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (1074 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 08:45:25

• “爬”字用的VERY好！ -HappyNow?!- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 09:01:29

• 怎麽好法，展開談談 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (26 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 09:04:07

• 意境，心境，環境。不吃方便麵！！！ -HappyNow?!- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 09:17:18

• 哈哈，老大，你老有才了。 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (203 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:06:50

• can't help getting up to say -Cathy_Bay- ♀ (442 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 11:21:02

• actually it's totally opposite, imo -Kaolin007- ♂ (815 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 12:34:07

• 熱烈歡迎，紮堆高人NO.3 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (243 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:03:07

• 回複：熱烈歡迎，紮堆高人NO.3 -Kaolin007- ♂ (150 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:13:55

• 嗬嗬，也對哈。我代表我那閨蜜謝謝你對她的表揚。 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:25:45

• 你的回貼寫得很好，更難得碼那麽多字 -Kaolin007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:39:37

• 啊？我也遭到表揚鳥？嗬嗬，是不是對我比較普通的安慰獎啊 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 13:50:30

• 普通銀是永遠得不到表揚和獎狀滴！ -Kaolin007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 14:05:59

• 人皆雲選2，吾獨雲選1 -胡說之- ♂ (554 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 09:32:46

• That's what I thought -sarah2- ♀ (352 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 09:45:11

• 眾人皆醉我獨醒，醒來爬回醉夢中；我意不在酒壇內，醉後箴言意多重？ -HappyNow?!- ♂ (74 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:16:34

• copyright: “爬”字乃某“醉仙姑”之獨創，謹此敬禮！ -HappyNow?!- ♂ (10 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:22:37

• 謝就不必了，分帳的時候call我~~ -veggiedoggie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:24:03

• 老大，你今天是不是又穿馬甲了？穿的是哪一個，我就不說了 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (106 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:26:39

• 回複：老大，你今天是不是又穿馬甲了？穿的是哪一個，我就不說了 -HappyNow?!- ♂ (20 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 12:45:39

• 老大，你把馬甲脫了給我看看，我就相信你，hehe. -veggiedoggie- ♀ (84 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 14:45:34

• 紮堆高人NO.2！下麵誰再來？深情呼喚中...... -veggiedoggie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:23:19

• 哇塞，我說的吧，紮堆高人NO.1 -veggiedoggie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 10:22:36

• 隻知道在 88ph 和 48pa 中難以選擇，你這個反過來居然也要想? 不懂。 -letstalk- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 12:32:56

• 2，這還用問麽？ -撅著挺好- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 14:28:18

• The thing is -sarah2- ♀ (351 bytes) () 12/10/2009 postreply 14:55:57