What discount/rate would you offer for working from home?

[d000hg]

The whole idea of working is to actually get out of the house.
The whole idea of working is to meet and socialise.

Poor trolling, no? I enjoy the work I do but I don't like commuting, I don't like sitting in a cube, and I don't want to socialise with other nerds.

[SorenLorensen]

The whole idea of working is to actually get out of the house.
The whole idea of working is to meet and socialise.

Oh no it fecking isn't.

[nomadd]

Poor trolling, no? I enjoy the work I do but I don't like commuting, I don't like sitting in a cube, and I don't want to socialise with other nerds.

And for a moment there, I thought you were accusing him of trolling...

Nomadd

[TykeMerc]

I was recently asked to take a 5% rate cut at my renewal, I said that it would be acceptable if I could work from home for much of the time, but not if I had to keep coming to site. Since the site is some 560 mile round trip it would save me the better part of 10 hours every time I want to go home.
My rate is unchanged

[nomadd]

I was recently asked to take a 5% rate cut at my renewal, I said that it would be acceptable if I could work from home for much of the time, but not if I had to keep coming to site. Since the site is some 560 mile round trip it would save me the better part of 10 hours every time I want to go home.
My rate is unchanged

560 mile round trip to work! Where do you live? Afghanistan?

Nomadd

[d000hg]

And for a moment there, I thought you were accusing him of trolling...

Nomadd

No, it's true. I either want to be at work, or doing something I choose to do. Not being distracted hearing people discuss England's football prowess (managers), Strictly come dancing (accounts/HR/secretaries), or why they have a poster of Steve Jobs on their wall (developers).

[cs#]

I'd try and present it the other way round, in the shoes of a contractor who didn't want to commute... working from my premises is the norm and I charge an excess to work on client site.

That's me, working from home that'd be panacea, where are all these jobs I'm waiting for them, in my opinion it makes a lot of sense, why travelling for hours in packed trains or jammed motorways! why the need for office space in overly crowded cities, why don't we make good use of the technologies around us and give a break to the system I really don't understand.

[cs#]

and I don't want to socialise with other nerds.

err... arent'you doing that now, come on admit it!

[nomadd]

err... arent'you doing that now, come on admit it!

Nah, he's off kissing his Steve Jobs poster.

Nomadd

[Shimano105]

In the past some of my best rates were working from home.

Now lets looks at it. You can pay £350 to someone in Britain. You can pay £150 to someone in Mumbai. Which would give you the easiest ride?

I know on paper the Indian option makes sense, but would you really feel comfortable dealing with someone so far away and with language and trust issues?

Personally I would be comforted by the fact that I could arrange a meeting tomorrow with my coder, speak to him/her in native tongue and deal under British law. Not to mention the time zone difference as well.

And yes, it is a good deal for the client for you to work from home as well.