Reply to: Client wants me on site at all times. .....can I refuse?

[FatLazyContractor]

FAO PC

What is your opinion on contractors working from home?

[gables]

Did he ask his accountant yet ;-)

[LondonManc]

You can start the initial claim on the phone but alas no you do have to go in to sign on.

Cool story bro.

[FatLazyContractor]

[northernladuk]

No update from the OP. Maybe we will hear from him on Friday when he's the only contractor in the office

[northernladuk]

NLUK - do you get a lot of clients asking you to WFH? Just wondering.
Perhaps they'd rather not have such a miserable git in the office.

Nope. I don't do working from home generally. I'd rather be in the office and I can get more done being around the delivery teams and my customer.

[northernladuk]

I've got a mate who went out with this girl right. Anyway, it turns out....

Your contracting tales are more believable than that!

[psychocandy]

But why? It was made perfectly clear before hand. I just don't get it.

I'd see it as an opportunity. I know I can't work it and started on that foot and when I get there I see an opportunity to deliver hard, gain some respect and possibly get some WFH for myself. Bargain.....

NLUK - do you get a lot of clients asking you to WFH? Just wondering.
Perhaps they'd rather not have such a miserable git in the office.

[psychocandy]

Can you claim JSA from home? No, you even have to go into the office.

You can start the initial claim on the phone but alas no you do have to go in to sign on.

[psychocandy]

Wot? No unrelated story about something that has happened to you or a mate?

I've got a mate who went out with this girl right. Anyway, it turns out....

[jmo21]

But why? It was made perfectly clear before hand. I just don't get it.

I'd see it as an opportunity. I know I can't work it and started on that foot and when I get there I see an opportunity to deliver hard, gain some respect and possibly get some WFH for myself. Bargain.....

Yes, it was made clear. The annoying part comes with the assumption that it means no-one can.

And of course the OP was wrong to assume, as would I have been.

I can see why it has annoyed the OP, even though it is his mistake (the assumption).

[SlipTheJab]

Wot? No unrelated story about something that has happened to you or a mate?

I was looking forward to Jackanory time with PC

[Pherlopolus]

I have the opposite problem, I want to work in the office more but no one else would be there, and I am not allowed to hot desk in my office of choice. So here I am working from home 4-5 days a week, it's terrible.

I am actually getting stir crazy as I have not had a nice relaxing night in a hotel so far this year!

[LondonManc]

But why? It was made perfectly clear before hand. I just don't get it.

I'd see it as an opportunity. I know I can't work it and started on that foot and when I get there I see an opportunity to deliver hard, gain some respect and possibly get some WFH for myself. Bargain.....

Correct. Always considered it a reward for delivery/building trust if it hasn't been discussed in advance.

[northernladuk]

For what its worth, I'd be a bit annoyed too if I found out once I got there that everyone else was able to.
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But why? It was made perfectly clear before hand. I just don't get it.

I'd see it as an opportunity. I know I can't work it and started on that foot and when I get there I see an opportunity to deliver hard, gain some respect and possibly get some WFH for myself. Bargain.....