Nearly 9 years of working mostly from home and counting and these days I'm even stricter about WFH than I used to be (I'm fed up of clients asking me to come in and work in their office for reasons only to spend 2.5 hours of my day commuting to sit at a desk in their office doing the same thing I'd be doing at home). As above, my rate has only increased over the years and is at the higher end of the range for my skillset and experience.
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Originally posted by TheCyclingProgrammer View PostNearly 9 years of working mostly from home and counting and these days I'm even stricter about WFH than I used to be (I'm fed up of clients asking me to come in and work in their office for reasons only to spend 2.5 hours of my day commuting to sit at a desk in their office doing the same thing I'd be doing at home). As above, my rate has only increased over the years and is at the higher end of the range for my skillset and experience.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI've been working from home for six years now on one of the highest rates I've ever been on.
Why would you cut your rate because you are saving the client costs?
And, as TheFaQQer says, WFH probably saves the client money.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI've been working from home for six years now on one of the highest rates I've ever been on.
Why would you cut your rate because you are saving the client costs?
I'm actually finding that WFH roles are harder to come by than they used to be.
Must be the Agile thing perhaps and the inflexible attitude from some clients whereby you have to be physically present in their morning stand ups.Comment
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostI'm actually finding that WFH roles are harder to come by than they used to be.
Part of the reasons is they want people happy to go to the client's office(s) when necessary."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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I think it's largely luck of the draw. The majority of time you can manage to wangle 1 day a week from home but as some have said, you could land a contract that allows more than that (or equally one that allows none of it). I'm currently 3 days from home and after this I doubt I'll do another contract that isn't along similar lines. Sure, it narrows the options but so what? Getting up this morning at 07:00 in the pitch black and hearing my neighbours all driving off to work made me question whether I could ever do that again.Comment
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Originally posted by oliverson View PostI think it's largely luck of the draw. The majority of time you can manage to wangle 1 day a week from home but as some have said, you could land a contract that allows more than that (or equally one that allows none of it). I'm currently 3 days from home and after this I doubt I'll do another contract that isn't along similar lines. Sure, it narrows the options but so what? Getting up this morning at 07:00 in the pitch black and hearing my neighbours all driving off to work made me question whether I could ever do that again.
I can barely function....Comment
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostI'm actually finding that WFH roles are harder to come by than they used to be.
Must be the Agile thing perhaps and the inflexible attitude from some clients whereby you have to be physically present in their morning stand ups.Comment
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I consider myself rather fortunate - current gig is local, looking likely to be a couple of wfh days which means leaving 4pm gets me home by 4:30 - Not as good as wfh in one way, but, means the rest of the day is my own once I leave the building.
Highest rate to date as wellComment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostAttend the interview in person and they will definitely not want you in the office ever again.
Afterall, he wants an actual gig, as opposed to just sitting at home, devising stupid sockies for no money.Comment
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