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Securing a good Work From Home from the off
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Originally posted by PerfectStorm View PostWell that's what I thought. But there's the other school of thought that says if you start doing it once you're bedded into the project there's less likelihood of them throwing out the whole arrangement to start again with someone else... you just get a client who hates you.
I was told in no uncertain terms that this was unacceptable and I would need to be in the office 4 days per week from then on. I said as I only had 2 weeks left on the contract I would suck it up. I was immediately offered an extension (which I declined).
It doesn't have to go in the contract necessarily (although it's probably a weak D&C pointer), but if WFH is important to you it should form part of the initial discussions then everyone is on the same page.And the lord said unto John; "come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.Comment
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Originally posted by b0redom View PostI was told in no uncertain terms that this was unacceptable and I would need to be in the office 4 days per week from then on. I said as I only had 2 weeks left on the contract I would suck it up. I was immediately offered an extension (which I declined).
Did you try to make it a condition of the extension? That's an opportunity for leverage if ever I saw one⭐️ Gold Star ContractorComment
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It was never going to happen turns out the new PM had had the same conversation with a number of others over the previous few weeks (and I already had a better gig lined up). The moral of the story is, I guess, things are way less likely to move in your favour once you've signed on the dotted line. Although you're B2B rather than peon/master, they're the ones with the cash.And the lord said unto John; "come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.Comment
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