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I worked with a contractor who was so tight he would ask if he could sleep on the floor of hotel rooms booked by other contractors.
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TBF to NLUK, he only does this when the broom cupboard is taken.Originally posted by TheDude View Post
I worked with a contractor who was so tight he would ask if he could sleep on the floor of hotel rooms booked by other contractors.
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I have certainly commuted daily to London from the Sussex coast in the past and while it isn't as common as it was pre-Covid, apparently 33% of the UK population live within 100km of London and 20% within 50km.
Most of them will go home at night and come back in the morning and would swallow commuting costs in an Inside IR35 contract.
Fully appreciate that is harsh on contractors who live further away not being able to expense hotel bills but it is still a fairly large talent pool to draw from.Comment
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Before I was there but they was a contractor at a previous client who always seemed to be first in and last out of the office. About a month in they realised he was sleeping there.Originally posted by TheDude View Post
I worked with a contractor who was so tight he would ask if he could sleep on the floor of hotel rooms booked by other contractors.
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I thought he slept on his accountant's floor (after asking him/her first, of course).Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
TBF to NLUK, he only does this when the broom cupboard is taken.Comment
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I heard he slept outside to mitigate risk.Originally posted by Paralytic View Post
I thought he slept on his accountant's floor (after asking him/her first, of course).Comment
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I think his manager tells him where and when to sleep, and how to do it.Originally posted by Paralytic View Post
I thought he slept on his accountant's floor (after asking him/her first, of course).⭐️ Gold Star ContractorComment
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No it isn't. They chose to live somewhere cheap and the reason it is cheap is because there is less access to well paid work.Originally posted by SussexSeagull View Post
Fully appreciate that is harsh on contractors who live further away not being able to expense hotel bills but it is still a fairly large talent pool to draw from.
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I used to work with a guy who had his camper van parked in the company car park, and lived in it. The client didnt mind. I thought it was cool.Originally posted by SussexSeagull View Post
Before I was there but they was a contractor at a previous client who always seemed to be first in and last out of the office. About a month in they realised he was sleeping there.
In another place I worked with a guy who was commuting from one end of the country to the other in his private plane. That too was cool. He offered me a ride in it, I should have taken him up on it.
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Another useless statistic that helps nobody, if you live within 50km of London and it is not a tuliphole, your rent / mortgage would be through the roof anyway. You are a slave to the bank / landlord and would be forced to work all year around to cover the dues to the master.Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostI have certainly commuted daily to London from the Sussex coast in the past and while it isn't as common as it was pre-Covid, apparently 33% of the UK population live within 100km of London and 20% within 50km.
Most of them will go home at night and come back in the morning and would swallow commuting costs in an Inside IR35 contract.
this discussion was about bizniz people doing bizniz not people living paycheque to paycheque and trying to find mental excuses for their condition.
same with people talking about “being in the 1-2% while earning 100k.
bitch please, you live month to month and all you can afford after working 1 year is a ugly french car on finance.Comment
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