Following on from this thread
Coming to an end of current contract with Irish consultancy. They've been happy with me and they have a stack of work in the pipeline which they want to keep me for.
However, they said that they'd renew but that in the first week or two they might not have any work so I'd be on their bench (getting paid, turning up for the odd teams meeting etc.)
So as the client is overseas, it's up to me to determine the status of the contract and this doesn't look like the best way to start it. What would be the best way to handle this aspect of the contract? Tell the consultancy that I'll sign the contract but I won't be invoicing for days on the bench?
That seems like the surest defence however I'm not sure how long I'd be on the bench for, it could be a week, it could be 3 or 4 which starts to have a material impact on me. I'm guessing I need to use some sort of retainer but have never used one before and wouldn't know where to start.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Coming to an end of current contract with Irish consultancy. They've been happy with me and they have a stack of work in the pipeline which they want to keep me for.
However, they said that they'd renew but that in the first week or two they might not have any work so I'd be on their bench (getting paid, turning up for the odd teams meeting etc.)
So as the client is overseas, it's up to me to determine the status of the contract and this doesn't look like the best way to start it. What would be the best way to handle this aspect of the contract? Tell the consultancy that I'll sign the contract but I won't be invoicing for days on the bench?
That seems like the surest defence however I'm not sure how long I'd be on the bench for, it could be a week, it could be 3 or 4 which starts to have a material impact on me. I'm guessing I need to use some sort of retainer but have never used one before and wouldn't know where to start.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
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