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I tend to take a few months off after a long contract finishes and then
start looking again.
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I tend to take xmas off and generally go away somewhere hot a few times a year.
Does that count?
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2 months so far. This year has followed almost exactly the same pattern as last year, which means I should be off the bench by the third week in October.
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where is the option for having to negotiate with new client to hold off for a few days so I can have a week bewteen contracts?
So far the 2 opportunities I have had for bench time the clients wanted me to have 0 benchtime but on 1 of these times I negotiated 1 week as I had to move from Middle East to Europe with family.
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postlets find out the average benchtime
select your currently bench time and previous benchtime if benched in last six months nad are in contract again(average of benchtimes if you had multiple contracts in that time)
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average benchtime
57up to 1 month26.32%151 to 2 months12.28%72 to 3 months14.04%83 to 4 months10.53%64 to 5 months7.02%4greater than 5 months17.54%10i am andyw and have had the bench surgically removed from my arse12.28%7lets find out the average benchtime
select your currently bench time and previous benchtime if benched in last six months nad are in contract again(average of benchtimes if you had multiple contracts in that time)
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