Remote working rate

[xchaotic]

Given the fact that you could do such a contract anywhere in the world, but the client is based in London, what's the lowest you'd go for?
Consider the fact that there will be no office time what so ever, so no commute costs etc, on the other hand, no office overhead for the client....

Sorry folks, looks like I can't edit the poll now so assume "£250" is "£250 or more"

[HairyArsedBloke]

[xchaotic]

Is there a way to edit a poll to cater for the rich HABs?

[d000hg]

I'm sorry, but those are low options. 50% or £250 are hardly a wide range. I'd definitely take a non-trivial cut for working in my home-office because that's how I work, but would base it more on the lines of "I'll bill you 1-2 hours less per day since that's how much time I save without commuting"

[Scrag Meister]

Is there a way to edit a poll to cater for anyone working London?

FTFY

I'm sorry, but those are low options. 50% or £250 are hardly a wide range. I'd definitely take a non-trivial cut for working in my home-office because that's how I work, but would base it more on the lines of "I'll bill you 1-2 hours less per day since that's how much time I save without commuting"

WDS

Depends what you're are saving time and cost wise from not having to travel to the clients site.

I only currently commute 45 mins each way and would therefore not be dropping a lot, def not 50%.

None of those figures are near what I would consider, 50% is too extreme and personally £250 is more than a 50% drop.

[xchaotic]

Then I am glad this confirms what I said to the client, which was along the lines of
"you've got to be joking", let's hope that they come up with sth more reasonable...

[dynamicsaxcontractor]

Given the fact that you could do such a contract anywhere in the world, but the client is based in London, what's the lowest you'd go for?
Consider the fact that there will be no office time what so ever, so no commute costs etc, on the other hand, no office overhead for the client....

Sorry folks, looks like I can't edit the poll now so assume "£250" is "£250 or more"

Why would you have to lower your rate to work from home? I always add expenses on top of my rate and that would be what the client saves per day if I was to work from home. I guess if you charged inclusive of expenses I would be prepared to drop my rate about the same as I would spend on the expenses.

[northernladuk]

Why would you have to lower your rate to work from home? I always add expenses on top of my rate and that would be what the client saves per day if I was to work from home. I guess if you charged inclusive of expenses I would be prepared to drop my rate about the same as I would spend on the expenses.

You appear to have answered your own question and not even touched on the soft benefits that working from home can give some people that are worth more than cash.

[SallyPlanIT]

You appear to have answered your own question and not even touched on the soft benefits that working from home can give some people that are worth more than cash.

I work from home and commute to the London office probably once a month. On one of those days, I have to be up at 5am and don't get in until 9pm. My son's in bed and I've wasted hours of my time travelling.

I would never even consider working in an office again, I get far more work done as there is no one to chat to and cause a diversion. Definitely worth a cut in rate, IMHO.

[d000hg]

Of course in some cases, the cost of working away can be substantial. If you're staying in a hotel in central London or another city, and buying train or even air fares if you work abroad, your costs over the week might average out as high as £150-200/day.
I'd take £400/day remotely for a role I'd demand £600/day for in Canary Wharf or the Mainland.