Stupid little 'well done' awards

[mudskipper]

Contractor I used to work with was told by his client to add 20K to his next invoice as a bonus. That's the sort of well done that I could appreciate.

Current clientCo shipped a lot of their star staff off to "Winter Wonderland" in Hyde Park three days before Christmas. My idea of hell!

Having said that, I was very chuffed when my PM's boss (I think out his own pocket) bought me a bottle of port at Christmas as a thank you. Sometimes a little appreciation goes a long way.

[BolshieBastard]

Large client Im back at used to give these things out after every release. I can see the positive strokes for permies but wanted no part of it from a contractor's POV.

They stopped doing it about 5 years ago. None of the permies miss them.

Only recognition I want is a nice bottle of plonk when i leave a project.

[psychocandy]

If I pull an all nighter fixing something only recognition I would appreciate from client is allowing me to bill extra days to cover the extra hours or take a few days off in the future and bill for them.

[PerfectStorm]

Make sure you don't applaud at the awards ceremony, as this can be a pointer to IR35