Charge Day Rate but hour many hours per day ?

[BlasterBates]

Restroom break boss?

Initial contract not a good idea to walk out the door at 3 in the afternoon or come rolling in at 11:00 without saying anything.

Makes a bad impression.

[VectraMan]

If you're paid per day then if you work 1 minute you get the full day's pay. Don't be surprised if the client isn't happy when you try this.

Best to just do what everybody else does. Do a decent amount of work and it'll be fine.

[d000hg]

If you're paid per day then if you work 1 minute you get the full day's pay. Don't be surprised if the client isn't happy when you try this.

Best to just do what everybody else does. Do a decent amount of work and it'll be fine.

Yeah - if you are always the last to arrive and/or the first to leave, people will notice and it's sensible not to upset people if you can easily avoid it.

[NibblyPig]

Mine doesn't say either. I assumed 9-5:30 since that's standard hours at most places. Turned out everyone works 9-5:30 with 30 min lunch. So I just did that. Then on Friday everyone went home an hour early. I didn't know what to do so I just stay an extra hour on Fridays for consistency.

[d000hg]

Mine doesn't say either. I assumed 9-5:30 since that's standard hours at most places. Turned out everyone works 9-5:30 with 30 min lunch. So I just did that. Then on Friday everyone went home an hour early. I didn't know what to do so I just stay an extra hour on Fridays for consistency.

Or stay until 4:35 to maintain the appearance of consistency.

[LondonManc]

Enough hours to get the job done. If you've been engaged on a day rate, give them a day's work. Whether you fit that in across 7 or 12 hours is up to you so long as you do it in a professional manner and its within their operating parameters.

[PerfectStorm]

7.5-8 - longer on a favours basis when required of course.

Don't "do what everyone else does", they're only doing it for the same reason. Break the mould!

[Boney M]

7.5 hours currently for me but have had both 7 and 8 hours

[NickFitz]

Current contract states 7.5 hours, with less than 4 hours counting as a half day. Previous contracts have also said 7.5 hours if they've specified anything at all.

When working away from home I've often agreed with clients that I can arrive late on Monday and leave early on Friday, working longer days midweek to get things to 37.5 hours for the week.

If there's a legitimate reason to work more hours, I'll do it though, within reason. I've ended up leaving central London nearer 7pm than 1pm on a Friday (at no extra charge) because I'd promised the client the thing would be ready to launch on Monday morning, and that's what it took to make that happen.