"Simply not solvent!

taxi73

Wow...congratulations....fantastic news xxx

Double_Trouble

Wonderful news Seaxwyn

I havre applied formy visa and finished my mail shot so I am getting somewhere too!

Day 20 without internet grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

DTxx

Verbatim

Seaxwyn wrote: »

Hi verbatim. There shouldn't be a dilemma because I can do both!

Well that's sorted then! Fantastic! Good luck with the next job offer.

Sea78

Fantastic!!! Well done you Will it mean that things are easier until end of dec then? xxxxx

Seaxwyn

I really hope things will be easier - I feel they will.

chevalier

Seaxwyn wrote: »

Woo hoo! I've got a job! Well it's a consultancy contract (so still self-employed) - two days a week from 1 May to 23 December, including a trip to Copenhagen in December. Woo hoo again! THAT IS FLIPPING BRILLIANT NEWS way to go Seaxwyn. I am so happy for you. It must be such a weight off your mind. Now don't forget to put away 20% for your tax bill now !

First dilemma: how much should I ask for? The client said their usual day rate is £175 but they "could go up a little" seeing as how I am so experienced! How much is "a little" do you think?

Always a tricky one this. I would suggest that 'a little' means £200, so you should ask for more than this and negotiate back down to £200 if you see what i mean. So ask for £240 and see what they say.

Sorry that I haven't been around but we have had our first new zealand holiday, and our first really bad new zealand lurgy. Ho hum. So I am catching up with a lot of diaries at the moment.

How had OH training gone. Did he pass?

chev

hypno06

how is the new job going?

Seaxwyn

Decision time.... I have been offered the job I went for - if I take it I will be working full-time in London for eight months (as I'm also doing a 2 day/week freelance contract).

I feel really undecided as to what I want. It would be fantastic to have the money, without a doubt.

But it would make family life stressful, with childcare implications on the days when OH works. Managing both jobs would take some juggling too, as the freelance job will have peaks where it won't fit neatly into two days a week....

I said I'd get back to them in the morning, I feel really undecided, my gut feeling isn't pulling me either way. Any help with making the decision would be much appreciated.

Seaxwyn

hypno, new job is so far so good, thanks for asking! I've done two days 'handover' and start actually doing it next week. It's going to be quite full on, managing a project with lots of outputs in a short timeframe, but it's in an organisation I love, working with great people, so should be good.

lucielle

It's like buses, everything comes at once. As it is only for 8 months I would go for it and juggle everything as best you can. At the end of the day you have to do whats best for you and yours, but I guess you already know this.
L