Working from home/4 days out of 5 etc - when to raise with client

[psychocandy]

Maybe he's deliberately throwing it to keep the dole office off his back.

I think they'd think I was taking the piss if I told them I'd applied for something in London. lol.

[psychocandy]

PC seems to miss a fundamental issue. Some skill sets / jobs / clients require people to be on site...

Current clientco is one would love to work from home just not practical so I stay over instead....

Agreed. But not much these days where you can't get remote access. Contract before last the one guy worked from home permanently - didnt make a difference. He just showed up once every couple of months for a day or two.

[psychocandy]

His family circumstances means he needs to be near home and be flexible.

Maybe he needs to accept a permie job.

Yep. Fraid so. Things are better but like I said mon-fri aint gonna cut it. Hopefully not having to do that :-(

[psychocandy]

Rate is only important as saying how much you value time at home with family. For me spending time at home with my daughters, taking random mid-day walks in the park - I can't put a price on that. So I don't worry much about dropping a 1/3 off my rate to work from my own office. Besides I'm not spending money on commuting, or hotels, or getting ill.

Pulling it off comes down to how good you're at managing time. I'm terrible and end up with late nights and working weekends. But I will say that as far as the client is concerned, we agree a milestone or SOW and deliver when we say we would. The feedback has always been great. Stay within your milestones, deliver quality. I always go out of my way to show enthusiasm at the time of delivery.

You mention sleep. The one thing I've noticed ever since working from home is how much more sleep I get. As a result my overall health has improved much. Sleep is important, even if I'm not having breakfast by 10am I don't feel guilty about whatsoever.

Yep. Me too.

[psychocandy]

Well, to be fair, client is considering it. To be fair, they seem a very decent bunch so it'd be good if it works out.

[DirtyDog]

Well, to be fair, client is considering it. To be fair, they seem a very decent bunch so it'd be good if it works out.

Sounds fair. Fair enough.

Fair play to you for mentioning it as this stage

[Ticktock]

Sounds fair. Fair enough.

Fair play to you for mentioning it as this stage

To be fair, it does sound like he's tried to be fair when negotiating a fair deal. It can be fairly stressful trying to get a fair offer when you have fairly strict limitations on doing a fair amount of travel, while still being fair to your family.

[northernladuk]

To be fair, it does sound like he's tried to be fair when negotiating a fair deal. It can be fairly stressful trying to get a fair offer when you have fairly strict limitations on doing a fair amount of travel, while still being fair to your family.

^ Fair!

[doodab]

Illness spreading commuters not computers!

There are a lot of viruses around this time of year.

[d000hg]

When remote working is a big deal - i.e. you wouldn't take the gig if it required 100% on-site - do you folks get it explicitly worded into the contract?