Newbie with some questions

[antoniojos]

As for the hours: the work load far exceeds the 7.5 hours required. I work on a team with seasoned perms who are doing what I'm doing with the same amount of work load, which is why all of them have been putting in 10-12 hours days.

[northernladuk]

So what? If the client's in a "scorched earth" kind of mood regarding reducing headcount, then all contractors will be the ones to suffer, irrespective of the amount of hours that any one contractor might do.

Besides, as chicane says, it's all about delivery, not the time spent as a bum-on-seat. Or are you hypocritically advocating we all act like disguised permies now?

The moron is strong in this one.

[billybiro]

The moron is strong in this one.

The subservient doormat is strong in this one.

[l35kee]

It's all about perspective.

The perspective may be "this person always leaves early", even if that person actually always leaves on time and gets the work done.

If they hold that perspective, you need to change it, even if it is wrong for them to hold it.

Perspective is truth.

[billybiro]

It's all about perspective.

The perspective may be "this person always leaves early", even if that person actually always leaves on time and gets the work done.

If they hold that perspective, you need to change it, even if it is wrong for them to hold it.

Perspective is truth.

I understand that. But if the client is one that judges you far more on the length of time your bum is on a seat rather than what you actually deliver, then perhaps it's time to reconsider whether you want to work for that client.

As we're continually reminded, actual working practices trump contract wording. If all your client wants from you is a bum-on-a-seat to perform work as and when the client decides they want you to (and you happily do this based on the knowledge that this is how the client will judge you), then you're almost certainly operating just like the permanent staff and that's going to put you directly in the IR35 firing line.