Weeks worked per year

[silverlight1]

Trouble is, I'm married to a highly efficient money spending machine who instantly thinks any contact is an ongoing steady state situation

Boy do I know that feeling.

I'm in charge of revenue and she's in charge of expenditure

[ladymuck]

What I invoice and what I work are two very different things...

[LondonManc]

Boy do I know that feeling.

I'm in charge of revenue and she's in charge of expenditure

Wifeium; newly discovered element, fastest money-reducing agent known to man.

[quackhandle]

Moot point for me, as can't bill more than 220 days per year with current client.

Still, far better than being on the bench.

qh

[radish2008]

Moot point for me, as can't bill more than 220 days per year with current client.

Still, far better than being on the bench.

qh

Same. Same place methinks from previous chats.

[LondonManc]

Same. Same place methinks from previous chats.

Yep. At least it's a known position from the outside rather than having a four week furlough sprung on you with three weeks until it kicks in.

[Whorty]

As few as possible to keep the bills paid and the retirement fund growing.

Just handed in notice to current role (too much travel, not enough personal time) so self benching. Planning to stay benched until at least August, so this year probably aim for 100 days which is what i'll aim for now for the next 8 years until I early retire

When i first started contracting 200+ days was the norm but I'm much wiser now ... let the youngsters work the extra hours, whilst us older guys enjoy life

[Andy O]

If you don't know you don't need to know

I've looked everywhere on this site and can't find one. I really would like to know.

[teapot418]

I've looked everywhere on this site and can't find one. I really would like to know.

Try a few posts back.

Not Cut Out To Be A Contractor.

It's an NLUKism.

[skysies]

I would say base it on around 40 weeks per year so as to account for holiday periods and downtime between contracts. If your working 48-50 weeks a year each year then you're working too hard [emoji3]

It's a strech yeah, but it can be done. I'm there only for the money. My plan is to do contracting for a max of another 5 years, before I'm in my mid forties. It's a fu*up lifestyle anyway, especially if you're in London. Zero quality of life. I don't want to end up like my older colleagues, look like tulip, complain bout anything...
I'm moving then to Southern Europe, buy a nice house, enjoy my life with my kids and family.
Hopefully it doesn't end up in a gansta style- let's do another hit and then another one, and so on...