Asking for a rate increase for "worse" work

[jf2010]

Have you ever asked for a rate increase when you have to work on a "worse" project?

Lets say you work in your specialised area as a Cloud Engineer for 6 months (and project went well), then you are told that you work as a Sys Admin for the next 3 months remaining on the contract (due to reshuffling). In your opinion Sys Admin is worse work and you can do it proficiently but you are not very excited.

Is this grounds to ask for an increase in rate as it is not the area you prefer to work in/are specialised in?

PS. This is an example I love Sys Admins

[ladymuck]

So you're expected to take on work that is outside the scope of the original agreement? Sounds a bit dodgy from an SDC perspective, it's one of the questions Qdos asks in their IR35 working practises review.

Anyway, that aside, I wouldn't sell it to the client as "you've given me a naff job, I want more money". You would need to demonstrate that that change of scope is deserving of a higher rate, maybe see if you can find market rate examples to support your position.

[northernladuk]

Is this grounds to ask for an increase in rate as it is not the area you prefer to work in/are specialised in?

No.

[HugeWhale]

You want more money for working in an area you're not specialist?
Good luck with that. I'd be paying you less as it's not your area of expertise!

Ask for remote working or paid training or networking opportunities or something that they can give readily, but don't ask for more money. You could find yourself getting the tap on the shoulder.

[GhostofTarbera]

You sound like an employee- have you asked HR

Ohh you are fecked IR35 wise


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[Hobosapien]

If the client is offering work that is outside the normal accepted scope then to me that falls into contract renegotiation territory. If the work is not as interesting or not likely to lead to something better once the client has sorted out upcoming projects then I may seek a rate increase to keep me interested. If they don't want to pay then they are accepting that I may move on and they can have no qualms after offering work that is not what I was originally contracted to deliver.

[jf2010]

I will keep my head down for the next 3 months and reconsider the situation then.

Thanks for the interesting and varied replies :-)