Would a permie do your commute?

[TheFaQQer]

Depends on which client it is

Current client: work from home, so yes
Current client -1: work from home, so yes
Current client -2: work from London, not a chance
Current client -3: work from London, not a chance
Current client -4: work from London, not a chance
Current client -5: work from London, not a chance
Current client -6: work from Slough, not a chance
Current client -7: work from Watford, not a chance
Current client -8: work from Edinburgh, not a chance
Current client -9: work from Reading, not a chance

So of my last 10 clients, only 2 would have a "commute" that a permie would consider, since they were work from home. The others would not.

[d000hg]

Yes as it's 30 mins walk or 10 min bus ride, hope that helps your study, which journal will you submit it to?

I was interested since some contractors were saying proposed changes re:expenses would make their contracts non-viable, what proportion of contractors work in that fashion. If it's a small minority of us who pay £100+/day for travel/accommodation, or closer to half, etc.

[TykeMerc]

I was interested since some contractors were saying proposed changes re:expenses would make their contracts non-viable, what proportion of contractors work in that fashion. If it's a small minority of us who pay £100+/day for travel/accommodation, or closer to half, etc.

Which wasn't the question you asked in the poll.........

[Contreras]

The intent of the poll is to find out how many of us work away from home or have prohibitively expensive travel which is only worthwhile on a contractor rate, as discussions about possible changes to expenses ramble on.

Your poll is invalid without an AndyW option.

[BolshieBastard]

I live 80.6 miles each way (according to the car) door to door from my current client. Ive just found a permie who lives near me drives in every day!

I dont know what grade they are but they must be a second line manager to make that commute worthwhile (although they do get to WFH 1 day a week).

[Pherlopolus]

I alternate between my clients client site in the city and WFH.

A Permie would do it on expenses paid for by client, I have to cover the expenses/travel costs and not travel in work time.

I wouldn't do it as a permie though, (unless take home was same as a contractor, in which case the question is irrelevant)

[mudskipper]

Some permies do do it. The guy who sits opposite me lives in Lichfield and stays down during the week. But it's not the norm for permies.

[SandyD]

I dipped in and out of permie / contracting, used to live in an area which had hardly any jobs in my area, so whenever I went permie I chose to work for a consultancy which would pay for my T&S while working away on a project.

[vwdan]

Yes - I guess so. I'm currently commuting about an hour and it costs about £80 on the train. When I was a permie, I commuted for just over an hour and used to budget £300pcm for the commute.

I doubt they would for this roles permie salary though..!

[SpontaneousOrder]

Depends on the permie, stupid question.

He said that it's very subjective. I think it's a valid question - for example *almost* no permie would do mine, whereas it's par for the course for many contractors.