Weekend work - charge or not?

[northernladuk]

NLUK - I bet I dont spend as long on it as you do on this forum every day being negative, having a go at people, and generally acting like a miserable git. :-)

(But I do love you really !)

I bet you don't but at least I can make an informed decision for myself once in a blue moon.

[Scrag Meister]

Bill full day, IMHO.

You can always give them a couple of hours later if the guilt is overpowering and the money is in your bank account:-)

[borderreiver]

If you're entitled to bill for a full day but are a bit uncomfortable doing that, bill for half and make the client know how much of a favour you've done him :-)

[psychocandy]

Yeh, thinking about it like most people said I have done the work as requested for that particular day so I should be able to claim a day rate....

But thanks for all the opinions. ......

[anothercodemonkey]

I would probably not bother to bill if it was a one-off. Flexibility works both ways.
If it was regular weekend work then I would though.

[BlasterBates]

Leave it with the agency, they take a percentage so they'll want to bill if they can.

[malvolio]

Ermm... Aren't we rather missing the point here? Permies get weekends off. Contractors either have working days or non-working days.

As I said at the top of the thread, you've done work, you charge for it. You're not in business for free, apart from anything else it's against your resonsibilities as a company direcotr.

Stick the bill in and stop agonising about it.

[SimonMac]

If it was me 3 hours at home phoning or dialling-in I would write it off as good will. 3 hours on site might have been a different matter

[psychocandy]

If it was me 3 hours at home phoning or dialling-in I would write it off as good will. 3 hours on site might have been a different matter

Whats the difference? At one point I was out and about and had to make a detour home to dial in to sort something.

[northernladuk]

Whats the difference? At one point I was out and about and had to make a detour home to dial in to sort something.

The difference is you asked for opinions on a simple situation problem that affects only you and did not tell us the in's and outs of the exact situation on which to make your decision for you. HTH