Interview etiquette

[Wilmslow]

Well, interesting situation at current clientco – they have halved my contract from 6 to 3 months, and I am two months in, with just the final four weeks to go.

So, I owe them nothing, I have been taken for a mug – currently training up boy wonder the graduate to take over my role. (Handover meeting was fun today, blew his brains out). Graduates used to just comply, now they insist on context to everything....

Given the 2017 taxation changes that are likely to impact us, and the desire to stay relatively local if I can, there is a local permie role that I have been approached about, which is a really good match for me – if I factor in the tax and expenses, I am pretty much even.

Now, would you ask to work from home for a personal appointment, cap in hand to ask for time off to make clientco feel like they have an option, or just say that yourco is shutting up shop for a day? The permies work from home whenever they feel like it.

[TheFaQQer]

Either work for home and do the hours as suits you, or take the day off and enjoy the sunshine.

Good luck.

[mdhd]

[QUOTE=Wilmslow;2225012The permies work from home whenever they feel like it.[/QUOTE]


Should be the other way round.

[dogzilla]

If you have been given notice then it's expected that there needs to be some flexibility.

In that situation I just tell the truth that I have interviews to go to. Either that or make up some tulip about a dentist visit.

Billing a day working at home and then being off-site for the day doesn't sit right for me. At the very least I'd offer to work from home for a portion of the time that I can.

[sal]

WTFS, plus i wouldn't train a replacement, unless i get paid for training. Handover/knowledge transfer shouldn't be confused with training, completely different.

[Unix]

Rule one, make sure your willy isn't hanging out.

Here endeth the lesson

[Chuck]

WTFS, plus i wouldn't train a replacement, unless i get paid for training. Handover/knowledge transfer shouldn't be confused with training, completely different.

Agree. Why would you train someone who could become a competitor? Business specific hand-over - OK, training - not OK.

[dogzilla]

A few years back I was in the same situation. Asked to train a clueless perm in the job, yes it involved a lot of technical training. Few months later he shat himself and disappeared, client called me back with a nice bump in my rate.

End of the day, you are getting paid to do a job. If that means training someone up, suck it up and do it. Anything else is just job protectionism and that's what permies do. I'm confident in my skills that I have no problems giving people technical knowledge. There's more to this job than technical know-how.

[vetran]

if the role didn't include training up its hardly reasonable to expect you to train your replacement.

Take a half day & work from home the rest.

[OwlHoot]

Billing a day working at home and then being off-site for the day doesn't sit right for me. ...

Well I suppose it is OK if your tasks aren't time critical and you've made up the hours at the weekend by the time you invoice.