Day rate

[Paralytic]

The office hours are set at 8.30 to 5.30....with an hour for lunch...then travel is adding on a fair bit of time....much longer than anticipated

Is that in the contract?

[Cookielove]

Is that in the contract?

The contract states 8 hours work; and the office working hours are 8.30 to 5.30...coming in later and staying later not an option as I’d need a set of keys to lock up etc. That’s the regime as such and if I start saying I’ll set my own hours don’t think it will go down well!

[ladymuck]

Sounds like you work in a shop

[perplexed]

Sounds like you work in a shop

Plenty of places operate core hours. Sounds like that place is probably a small business, not necessarily able to be as flexible.

No real problem aligning my hours to match client hours where possible, found that most of my gigs require additional communication around domain knowledge, requirements anyway.

[Cookielove]

Plenty of places operate core hours. Sounds like that place is probably a small business, not necessarily able to be as flexible.

No real problem aligning my hours to match client hours where possible, found that most of my gigs require additional communication around domain knowledge, requirements anyway.

Yes it’s a small business...!! And not able to be that flexible..

[northernladuk]

Yes it’s a small business...!! And not able to be that flexible..

Keep a close eye on your working practices. Very easy to become part of a team and do whatever needs to be done in very small organisations.

[clearedforlanding]

Is a commuter bike not an option? Something like a CB500F that you can buy and then sell for the same price.

[Cookielove]

Keep a close eye on your working practices. Very easy to become part of a team and do whatever needs to be done in very small organisations.

Thanks northernladuk that’s spot on...I’ve not worked in small organisations before and I’m quickly getting that impression

[FIERCE TANK BATTLE]

Always check how many hours in a day, my contracts either outright say rate £xxx based on 7.5 hours/day or they just say £xxx and I ask beforehand what the permies do, and base my hours to match.

I never do 9-5 though I always check flexibility is acceptable. I keep a timesheet and make sure it adds up to 35 or more or whatever at the end of the week, and bill for 5 days.

[Cookielove]

Always check how many hours in a day, my contracts either outright say rate £xxx based on 7.5 hours/day or they just say £xxx and I ask beforehand what the permies do, and base my hours to match.

I never do 9-5 though I always check flexibility is acceptable. I keep a timesheet and make sure it adds up to 35 or more or whatever at the end of the week, and bill for 5 days.

It’s small and they expect everything and more ...think am going to knock this on the head....too much grief and life’s too short