Holiday Annual Leave Time Off

[RichardCranium]

He who pays the piper, chooses the tune!!!!!!

But he who plays the pipe, actually chooses which tune to play. Or sits on here posting all day.

[TheVoice]

But he who plays the pipe, actually chooses which tune to play. Or sits on here posting all day.

& of course crucially, the piper chooses how he plays the tune, call it artistic license.

In the same way, I do what the client wants task wise, but I do it my way & run my own affairs.

It seems to work well that way as I dont have my life taken over with "stuff at work" unlike millions of others.

Whether the client likes that or not I dont really care much, so long as I am adhering to the contract & providing what I *should* be there isn't an awful lot they can complain about.

[AnthonyQuinn]

To you this just means 'Inform'

What are other contractor’s views on this heavy handed attitude by this particular individual?

All it means is that you need to tell your client somewhat in advance of your intended holidays (If any). If your manager has a problem with it you need to agree the holidays that you can take.

It isnt high handed ness. They pay your 'business' to get your services and would need some sort of advance notice for planning. For example, naturally you cant take off during 'go live' after a year long project. Well, you can, but it is likely to be a long time off.

[Integrity]

& of course crucially, the piper chooses how he plays the tune, call it artistic license.

Of course
1) Client decides what
2) Supplier decides how

All it means is that you need to tell your client somewhat in advance of your intended holidays (If any). If your manager has a problem with it you need to agree the holidays that you can take.

It isnt high handed ness. They pay your 'business' to get your services and would need some sort of advance notice for planning. For example, naturally you cant take off during 'go live' after a year long project. Well, you can, but it is likely to be a long time off.

Absolutely :-) How would anyone feel if they got a taxi home from the pub at midnight, and the driver stopped 1/2 way, charged you for 1/2 the journey, and told you he was stopping at his friends house for a coffee, and that you should just wait 30 minutes for him to come back and collect you to finish the journey.

It is concerning that small businesses often behave disrespectfully towards their clients because they believe that being reasonable can be deemed as a pointer towards employment.

[phil5476]

Can you do that middle bit more simply, please? Does "No one of any contractual arrangement can afford to ignore protocols designed to maintain delivery capacity" mean that regardless of what it says in the contract, you better do it the client's way or you'll suffer?

No it means you live & die by delivery. Not having a negotiation over when you will not be 'providing services' (or time off as everyone else calls it) kills you because it undermines delivery.

[kali]

It is concerning that small businesses often behave disrespectfully towards their clients because they believe that being reasonable can be deemed as a pointer towards employment.

Blame El Gordo - I would be a lot more flexible if it wasn't for IR35