Working From Home

**Sockpuppet** · 31 January 2007, 10:52

Does having no contract but being employed by MyCo and posting tulip here count as "working from home"?

**MarillionFan** · 31 January 2007, 10:53

Put it down as networking sock!

How did your interview go?

**Sockpuppet** · 31 January 2007, 10:57

Got the gig ... well sort of ... but maybe.

They offered me the PM role...with one snag. They have to win the contract first in order to get the project going. However they did say that a) they will know by the end of the week if they won and b) they would more than likley take me on anyway as they have lots of stuff I could do

Nice rate increase (10 %),
10 Miles from home (15 min commute max),
18 month project (well 3 x 6 month sub projects).

So all in all not bad. Just waiting on a contract.

Also got another interview for the same company but in a different office so should have something by the end of the week.

Does this make me a real contractor now I have the second one?

**DaveB** · 31 January 2007, 10:59

In the office but could have stayed home as no other bugger turned up.

Heading home at lunch time!

**Harrysp** · 31 January 2007, 10:59

Nah u need at least 3 gigs to be a real contractor

**Sockpuppet** · 31 January 2007, 11:01

Originally posted by Harrysp

Nah u need at least 3 gigs to be a real contractor

Bah. It used to be 2. Raising the frikking bar. Like when I turn 25 they'll probably say you need to be 30 in order to get cheaper car insurance.

**rootsnall** · 31 January 2007, 11:08

Originally posted by DaveB

In the office but could have stayed home as no other bugger turned up.

Heading home at lunch time!

The permies at my current site are all on the working from home gig which means I'm often on my own in the offcie and surprise surprise they are temporarily unavailable if you need to ring them. I've put a bid in for a company laptop to be able to provide "valuable support from my home location" like the rest of them !

**threaded** · 31 January 2007, 11:09

I'm actually in the pool that comes with the villa somewhere near Puerto Rico on Gran Canaria. Laptop wrapped in a transparent 'sharps' bag borrowed from a medical research project I was on many years ago for just this very purpose.

threaded in "think ahead, get a hat" mode

**VinnyB** · 31 January 2007, 11:10

Over 30s can get their car insurance from oldandconfused.com, I did.

Working From Home