I did 3 years in London and am from Leeds. Sometimes you just need to do it - I've contracted for 5 years and have been at home 9 months in that time. Sometimes it's hard to be away and I have missed time with my kids. Although I had a flat down there for my last gig and it meant lots of weekends with the wife out in London. Which was nice.
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I've only had 1 contract go for 3 months. Every other has gone at least 18 months.
I don't have children - so I move to my contracts every time.
A commute of anything greater than 30 minutes is tough for me to bear.Comment
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Originally posted by Pogle View PostI always have to work away as i seem destined to never get a local contract
The secret is to start out working away for the week, then having made yourself indispensable ask about the possability of working from home at the first renewal. I usually manage to get Friday working from home, my current contract has been going on a long time >3years and I currently work from home on Mon and Fri, so only two nights away from home.
However I dont take the p and I do put in the hours at home and dont treat it as a day off!Comment
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I have commuted quite a few days per week from Yorkshire to London for a while. Bit of a one-off, but the office in London is a few mins walk from Kings X and train takes 2 hours back North. Stay down once or twice per week. Bit of an anomaly on the season ticket price as a month long season is only slightly more than buying 4 x come down Monday and return Friday. Would rather be working locally but as someone said, if you think London is Tulipe, wait 'til you try everywhere else!Comment
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Noticed that about season tickets on the train. Much cheaper than I though they were.
As the other poster indicated, it works out MUCH cheaper to buy a season ticket. Wales to London is well over £100 a day if you stroll up but 7 dayer season ticket is £200 or so.
Never really done the working away for too long but there seem to be loads of things that are problematic surely?
1. Everything, DIY, car maintenance, tyres etc has to be done at the weekend.
2. Things like doctors, dentist unless you sort one locally where you're contract is.
3. What to do if theres a crises and you got to pick up kids from school etc.
4. Childcare in general. At the moment, wife can work I can pick up son from after school club at 5-30 if I want.
I guess you get used to it. But I'd guess in a lot of cases, it means partner aint going to be able to work at all (if you got kids).Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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I don't think I'd mind working away during the week if I could afford a nice studio apartment or "aparthotel" type thing.
If I had kids I'd be seeking out roles away from home!Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostNoticed that about season tickets on the train. Much cheaper than I though they were.
As the other poster indicated, it works out MUCH cheaper to buy a season ticket. Wales to London is well over £100 a day if you stroll up but 7 dayer season ticket is £200 or so.
Never really done the working away for too long but there seem to be loads of things that are problematic surely?
1. Everything, DIY, car maintenance, tyres etc has to be done at the weekend.
2. Things like doctors, dentist unless you sort one locally where you're contract is.
3. What to do if theres a crises and you got to pick up kids from school etc.
4. Childcare in general. At the moment, wife can work I can pick up son from after school club at 5-30 if I want.
I guess you get used to it. But I'd guess in a lot of cases, it means partner aint going to be able to work at all (if you got kids).
2, you make appointments for docs, dentist etc for monday morning or late friday afternoon.
3, you dont! You're missus has to take care of those things.
4, see 3 above.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post1, yep, everything has to be worked in effectively Sat or Sun.
2, you make appointments for docs, dentist etc for monday morning or late friday afternoon.
3, you dont! You're missus has to take care of those things.
4, see 3 above.Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post1, yep, everything has to be worked in effectively Sat or Sun.
2, you make appointments for docs, dentist etc for monday morning or late friday afternoon.
3, you dont! You're missus has to take care of those things.
4, see 3 above.
Then again I dont take many days off - I reckon with a distant contract you'd have to take more time off. If only to give yourself some free time.
Yeh. Take partners salary out of the equation, plus extra travelling, plus hotel costs and rate for working away needs to be more to be on par. I reckon I'd need minimum £150/day extra to cover this.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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1. Everything, DIY, car maintenance, tyres etc has to be done at the weekend.
Car = Local Garage where you're staying (as long as you drive there I suupose)
2. Things like doctors, dentist unless you sort one locally where you're contract is.
Dentist = Use the local one - Never mind NHS - Go private, you're a contractor FFS!
3. What to do if theres a crises and you got to pick up kids from school etc.
4. Childcare in general. At the moment, wife can work I can pick up son from after school club at 5-30 if I want.Comment
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