Reply to: When there's nothing to do...

[Pip in a Poke]

Thank **** we don't have a water cooler...

We do now!

[Hobosapien]

Well, I've had the conversation & they've come back with that dreaded acronym.

B.A.U.

Think I'm going to tell them to call me when there's actually some project work on tap again.

Yes I loved a bit of BAU, in that when they tried to get me to do some I told them I could only do strictly project based work (as an agreed working practice with my 'handler' at the client) and if they really wanted me to do it they'd need to wrap it up as a mini project. They never could be bothered to do that, and found some other mug to do it.

[northernladuk]

well, i've had the conversation & they've come back with that dreaded acronym.

wgas gtfo.

ftfy hth bidi

[Pip in a Poke]

I'm sure they would rather you were doing that than engaging them in conversation over the water cooler.

Stop being a slave to the invoice and if work is light, take some time off.

It counts towards being outside IR35 (as a provable work practice) when you are telling the client you won't be onsite (or working remotely) due to nothing to do at that moment and for them to contact you when the next phase of the project (or whatever) is ready.

So by skiving on the client's dime you are only digging yourself into a hole if HMRC investigate your working practices and find you were behaving like a lazy permie.

Well, I've had the conversation & they've come back with that dreaded acronym.

B.A.U.

Think I'm going to tell them to call me when there's actually some project work on tap again.

[vetran]

Well done you for only charging 1/2 rates.

she said per hour not per day!

[Paddy]

Is the onus on me to tell them?

I do feel a little bit guilty spending all day surfing the web for £80 per hour.....

My barrister does that for £400 an hour and does not feel guilty.

[darmstadt]

Thank **** we don't have a water cooler...

[sal]

What I do is to find some service improvement that can be made and offer ClientCo to do it in addition to what I'm there for. If they decline I can resume browsing the internet with clear conscious, so far it's about 50/50 success rate (whichever direction you want to call success)

[northernladyuk]

I am, oddly enough, one of those people who enjoys imparting inneresting factoids to whoever is within earshot whilst I'm at the water cooler.

I don't doubt it.

[scooterscot]

I do feel a little bit guilty spending all day surfing the web for £80 per hour.....

Reminds me of my first client...

[original PM]

Is the onus on me to tell them?

I do feel a little bit guilty spending all day surfing the web for £80 per hour.....

You could at least join the 'had a wank and invoiced for it club'

[Hobosapien]

Stop being a slave to the invoice and if work is light, take some time off.

It counts towards being outside IR35 (as a provable work practice) when you are telling the client you won't be onsite (or working remotely) due to nothing to do at that moment and for them to contact you when the next phase of the project (or whatever) is ready.

So by skiving on the client's dime you are only digging yourself into a hole if HMRC investigate your working practices and find you were behaving like a lazy permie.

[Pip in a Poke]

If you're working at home, do some exercise while watching a movie. It helps make you feel that you've achieved something.

If you're working in the client office, exercise your right as an independent consultant to take your work offsite, where you can then watch a movie and work out.

I was up at the crack of sparrow fart this morning.

4:30 am to be precise for my 4 hour Monday morning commute.

I have nothing left to give.

I'm sure they would rather you were doing that than engaging them in conversation over the water cooler.

How uncharitable.

I am, oddly enough, one of those people who enjoys imparting interesting factoids to whoever is within earshot whilst I'm at the water cooler.

[ChimpMaster]

If you're working at home, do some exercise while watching a movie. It helps make you feel that you've achieved something.

If you're working in the client office, exercise your right as an independent consultant to take your work offsite, where you can then watch a movie and work out.

[northernladyuk]

Is the onus on me to tell them?

I do feel a little bit guilty spending all day surfing the web for £80 per hour.....

I'm sure they would rather you were doing that than engaging them in conversation over the water cooler.