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    #1

    9 to 5.30

    Is it just me or are clients all going back to the dark ages?

    10 years ago I used to work 7.30 to 4 on just about every gig - now just about every client stipulates 9 to 5.30. Perhaps 8 to 4.30 at a push.

    I mean WTF? 21st century and we're locked into mill-owner mentality, no wonder rush hours are so bad.

    Permie jobs are worse (as you'd expect). Apparently the govt has made it a legal requirement to request flexible working for parents. Yes that's right - request it. And the employers have a right to decline it. Classic NL, looks like they're addressing a problem but scratch beneath the surface and they're doing fook all.

    What ever happened to the tele-commuting revolution that was supposed to happen 15 years ago?
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    Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post
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    What ever happened to the tele-commuting revolution that was supposed to happen 15 years ago?

    "The Man" realised he can't control you when you're at home in your jim-jams posting on CUK when you should be "tele-working".
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      #3
      No issues for me (yet)

      7:30-4 except on Fridays where I never get past 2
      Gronda Gronda

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        #4
        Last 2 contracts have been 9 to 5.30 and 9 to 5 (only 30 mins for lunch tho').

        Before that I did 10 til 6 and even 7 til 7 (days and nights), so I'm quite happy going to 9 to 5.

        Would be nice to finish at 4 tho'.

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          #5
          i spread 80 hrs over 8.5 days, arriving and leaving when i like then fly home thursday afternoon for a long weekend every 2 weeks.. works great for me
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            Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
            "The Man" realised he can't control you when you're at home in your jim-jams posting on CUK when you should be "tele-working".
            It's more to do with bums on seats management.
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              #7
              In my last 4 years as a contractor on 3 different gigs I've never had a problem with "flexible" hours and the occasional work from home. Fridays - never beyond 3pm (if I'm in)

              You're in the wrong job mate.
              Blood in your poo

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                #8
                No stipulated hours in my contract, or days come to that. I often work from home and arrive/leave at strange hours to show I'm not a permie.

                As long as the job gets done...
                Older and ...well, just older!!

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                  8-4, with a 1 hour lunchbreak - Sweeet!
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                    Roughly 8 to 4:30 +/- 0:30 depending on the day.

                    Unfortunately, those times are EST.
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