I don't generally like such a commute, but I'd ask for a higher rate to cover the trouble... Also, how confident are you they will stick to thge flex after 2 months? I know from experience after 2 months you may find that no flex is available. The fact that they said after 2 months and not say, after 3-4 weeks makes me think they may backtrack later..
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Well I'm in the process of getting this agreed directly.... If they agree to 3 days on site and 2 remote would you take it?Originally posted by l35kee View PostComment
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Personally no, but only because I wouldn't want to be staying over anywhere. unless the rate is substantially higher for me..Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
But I'm not you! Ask yourself if you'd be happy staying over 2 nights in 3 months time still, or if you wish you had waited another few weeks/months for something closer.Comment
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DependsOriginally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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I guess it depends what sort of contractor you are. Some people have been contracting for 6 months and landed a job 5 minutes from where they live, so they consider all contracts to be like that.Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
Other contractors are happy to travel.
If you always want to be at home every night, get a permanent job and move to where that job is.
If you want to contract, then your options are to turn down work until you get something close enough to where you live that you'll take it, or to accept that you'll travel.
In the last couple of decades most of my roles have involved travel globally. I've chosen to live within an hour of two major airports to make that travel easier. I've also decided that I won't drive more than an hour for a commute every day, so if the contract is further than that then I will do some days per week staying away from home.
As a contractor, that's the flexibility you have.
Only you (and any immediate family/dependants) can make the call on travel. When my wife met me I was working in France and she has learned to accept that I'm a contractor which means I'm not at home all the time.
You can make that call, and you might change your mind in the future, depending on the market and your finances.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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OP as has been said by a few now, it's better to have something concrete than nothing at all. At 90 mins I'd be suggesting you stay over - 3 hours in the car every day is a pain in the prostate one could be doing without.
Of course the rate has to be decent for this to work out, and we don't know what your home life situation is. We don't know how long this nice little bubble of the market picking up is going to last, so i'd say get in there and get on with it. You can always use your notice period if it doesn't pan out, that's the power you have as a contractor.Comment
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NWP2C has been around a long time. Some of us have a good ideaOriginally posted by mattfx View Post
Don't get us started on that one againYou can always use your notice period if it doesn't pan out, that's the power you have as a contractor.
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Not saying I agree with it - however it's a clause in the contract and it is there to exploit should one wish to. Of course it's better to finish that cut and run early, which gives all of us a bad name.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostDon't get us started on that one againComment
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