Reply to: You know you’re a contractor when ..

[Diver]

Finding last months expences reciepts is the most important thing in your life

[Moscow Mule]

You're paid more than three teachers.

[alreadypacked]

You have all the documentation on your home server.

You use that instead of the client's documentation server because

a) it''s faster
b) you've got it indexed
c) you've got examples which actually work

No you'er a Super Contractor, I think you need your own Super Contractor thread.

[Zorba]

Funny - almost exactly the same situation here. Trial period, 2 hours/day extra free, even discounted rate... The irony was that a good part of the work involved running offshore developments (spec, delivery, issue busting etc).

[Colemanisor]

On the subject of working from home, at my last contract renewal time, I suggested to my client that I work from home for 10 hours a day but only invoice for 8 hours. I suggested a trial period of 2 months working 1 or 2 days a week from home. My job is 100% desk based, I have a laptop with all the support tools I need, 8Mb broadband. I believed that the 2 hours a day wasted travelling could be better used supplying a service to my client. The money I would save in travelling costs would easily cover the 2 hours working for free. No surprise then when they turned down the offer. I asked why the client was happy to move a large part of their IT support to India - 5,000 miles away but not to North Hamshire, only some 20 miles away - "No comment" was the answer! Nice to see IT departments making use of moden technology and trying their best to reduce congestion, CO2 emmisions, etc - NOT!!

[Zorba]

I think it's the 'requesting' bit he sneers at.

He probably goes in Diva-ish with a long purple scarf DEMANDING to work from home...

Sorry I didn't come back sooner on this one, but I've been looking for a decent purple scarf! I laughed so hard I nearly wept when I read that. Love it!

We're in Light Relief, but it's amazing how touchy people can get on working from home. Personally, I'd love to try but I'm not 100% sure I'd have the discipline, and it's moot anyway as my current client is a stickler for bums-on-seats.

I'd love to go in Diva-ish but I tend to find the extensions dry up on those kind of people. Keep your head down and do the client's bidding (workwise!) and you should be ok...

[Sysman]

You know you’re a contractor when ..

You know you’re a contractor when ..

Your workstation is the laptop attached to the table in the coffee room of the training suite, and your config. management is a USB stick

You have all the documentation on your home server.

You use that instead of the client's documentation server because

a) it''s faster
b) you've got it indexed
c) you've got examples which actually work

[2uk]

You know that NIC means something else , in addition to net interface card.

[cojak]

..... you don't know who cheryl in HR is.

They're all good but that one I like the best..

[fzbucks]

You know you're a Contractor when....

..... you don't know who cheryl in HR is.

[fzbucks]

You know you're a Contractor when....

you find it amusing listening to permies pi55ing and moaning about the latest office politics/news

[fzbucks]

You know you're a Contractor when....

You've still got money a week after 'payday'

[DaveB]

...You turn up at the office.

[fzbucks]

You know you're a Contractor when....

You turn up at the office with a blocked nose

[fzbucks]

You know you're a Contractor when....

.....You turn up for work even when it's <insert abnormal weather system>