Clients pushing it too far - extra stuff etc?

[jmo21]

What if you hired a plasterer to plaster all the walls in your house, and when he was half way through one of the bedroom ones, the wife threw an iron at you in the living room, you ducked and it went through the wall there. You ave guests coming round and want it to look presentable.

Would you expect the plasterer to stamp his feet and spit his dummy out because your priorities have changed? Or would you expect him to just do the fookin job?

D&C my arse.

Agree, direction and control for me only applies on the "how" you do the piece of work, doesn't matter which one.

[psychocandy]

Quick email, text, voicemail back at 6pm, sorry, been out with kids/wife/doing gardening all day etc just picked up your messages.

If you get any chat about "unacceptable", tell them that no arrangements were made for availability when not in office.

Better still don't give them your home\mobile number if there are no arrangements in place.

Of course, no company mobile for contractors (and neither would I take one off them!) so my own number is listed for people to use.

Seriously thinking of getting a separate simcard for daytime use and out of hours use....

[psychocandy]

My kind of techie to deal with, and one i will always buy a coffee for while discussing the tulip flying around!! Not all contractor PM are bad mate

Perhaps its just my client LOL.

Personally, I cant stand the type of PM who thinks of techies as a resource to bullied and bossed around. Stick to project stuff and business stuff but if theres any technical decisions to be made I will do so not you. If you dont like it - do the techie stuff yourself LOL.

[psychocandy]

This is why I have two phones, my personal one and a "burn phone" that anyone at client co can have but I only answer when I billing, which the SIM card is thrown away at the end of the gig

Might do that soon....

[psychocandy]

What if you hired a plasterer to plaster all the walls in your house, and when he was half way through one of the bedroom ones, the wife threw an iron at you in the living room, you ducked and it went through the wall there. You ave guests coming round and want it to look presentable.

Would you expect the plasterer to stamp his feet and spit his dummy out because your priorities have changed? Or would you expect him to just do the fookin job?

D&C my arse.

BJ has a good point. If you hire a plasterer hes going to do what you say within reason since you;re the one paying him.

[jmo21]

Of course, no company mobile for contractors (and neither would I take one off them!) so my own number is listed for people to use.

Seriously thinking of getting a separate simcard for daytime use and out of hours use....

For out of hours or during the day.

Unless I was contracted in someway, I wouldn't be answering out of hours.

Why bother with the hassle of a seperate sim card?

If it's a number you recognise, answer it. Anything else, let it go to voicemail, if it's important they'll leave a message just like the end client co will/

[Boo]

As for "Professional Working Day", it means what is says. If I do any amount of work for a client in any 24 hour period, they get an invoice for a day's work at the rate inthe contract.

Where does "any amount of work for a client in any 24 hour period" appear in the phrase "Professional Working Day" ?

Boo2

[psychocandy]

Where does "any amount of work for a client in any 24 hour period" appear in the phrase "Professional Working Day" ?

Boo2

To be honest, dont really think a client would be over-impressed if you billed a whole day for one 5 min phone call?

[psychocandy]

For out of hours or during the day.

Unless I was contracted in someway, I wouldn't be answering out of hours.

Why bother with the hassle of a seperate sim card?

If it's a number you recognise, answer it. Anything else, let it go to voicemail, if it's important they'll leave a message just like the end client co will/

OK. Fair does but client PM phones with urgent query wanting to know whats going on? Do you ignore until monday or call back?

[scooby]

OK. Fair does but client PM phones with urgent query wanting to know whats going on? Do you ignore until monday or call back?

Are the project tasks and resource aligned to run and be delivered over a weekend? As a PM, I wouldnt contact anyone not aligned for work that weekend...