Reply to: Working from home

[ChimpMaster]

Did you read the question at all

What he wanted to know was how much you could earn working from home. I was saying the market has two levels. Rate depends what level you are on.

Oh the innocence of this young girl !

[DaveB]

Previous client I started out in the office 5 days a week cos I didnt know any better, by the end of the gig - 18 months later - I turned up when I felt like it and nobody batted an eyelid. They ran their main offices as a hot desking operation for around 75% of the available seats and must have been around 25% over capacity in terms of head count so if you didnt turn up really early you were in serious danger of not getting a desk. Most of the staff and other contractors I worked with worked from home most of the time anyway. Client issued you with a laptop and secure ID token to access the VPN by default so you didnt even need to request it.

Current client insists on you being on site every day, which I dont actually mind as it's 20 mins from home.

On a side note, is anyone working for the NHS CfH in Leeds atm? If so what arwe their working arrangements like? PM if you dont want to blow your cover

[d000hg]

I work exclusively from home with several clients at once. I've only met one of them face to face (they are based in LA) and that was only because I happened to be travelling to the US anyway; all my clients were found and contracts sorted via email and phone.

I work on an hourly rate, mainly at £25 right now which doesn't equate to a great rate but I am working mostly on video games which traditionally pay less. I am in the process of getting another client at more like £40/hr, which would give a daily rate equivalent of £300 which I consider quite good - considering I live in north-east England.

[scooterscot]

I'd say no.

Back in a minute - security are heading towards my desk...

Their desk

[voodooflux]

SFW?

I'd say no.

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[oracleslave]

i'd say w3 a day was a pretty decent day rate, though hard to keep up i guess it depends on the level of automation..

try http://www.MonkeySpanker.co.uk

could help..

SFW?

[LittlestHobbo]

i'd say w3 a day was a pretty decent day rate, though hard to keep up i guess it depends on the level of automation..

try http://www.MonkeySpanker.co.uk

could help..

[PRC1964]

I do four days at My Co premises and one at Client Co premises.


Client Co is quite small and it helps them not to lose a desk/pc for most of the week.

[scooterscot]

Finding a job that starts working from home on a good rate is difficult.

Only once have I negotiated spending the majority of my time at home whilst on a good rate. Alreadypacked is spot on, cause otherwise I've never started a contract without spending the first 4 - 6 weeks on the clients site, which is all necessary anyway you need to get to know the people.

[oracleslave]

how many w@nks per day would you say you have, working from home?

What he wanted to know was how much you could earn working from home. I was saying the market has two levels. Rate depends what level you are on.

Interesting interpretation of the question

[VectraMan]

At Previous Client Co. I used to do 3 days on site, 2 at home. I have to admit there were some "working at home" days where I did very little, but I generally made up for it for working harder on the on site days (you may as well when you have little else to do), so they weren't short changed. I negotiated that at the time they offered me the first extension.

I've been at home full time for 3 months now, some of it for a new contract that has gone south, and some working on the plan B. In that case it was a new start up that hadn't sorted out an office yet, so I would have had to go on site for a couple of days a week at least.

I suspect the next contract will be 5 days on site, at least to start with. So I'll have to get used to commuting again and having to do everything at the weekend as I'm out the house all week. Would be nice to be around human beings again though (and CUK doesn't count).

[alreadypacked]

Did you read the question at all

What he wanted to know was how much you could earn working from home. I was saying the market has two levels. Rate depends what level you are on.

[oracleslave]

First I would say it is your skill set, usually the client has you working on-site. Then you say you would like to work from home or client is moving and you don't want to move. If they had a hard time finding you or can't replace you they may accept you working from home, with no drop in current rate. I have just done a deal to be on site 1 week in 4 six months of the year ( I hate the winter in UK).

Finding a job that starts working from home on a good rate is difficult.

Did you read the question at all

[alreadypacked]

how many w@nks per day would you say you have, working from home?

First I would say it is your skill set, usually the client has you working on-site. Then you say you would like to work from home or client is moving and you don't want to move. If they had a hard time finding you or can't replace you they may accept you working from home, with no drop in current rate. I have just done a deal to be on site 1 week in 4 six months of the year ( I hate the winter in UK).

Finding a job that starts working from home on a good rate is difficult.

[DGK]

how many w@nks per day would you say you have, working from home?