Timeline for Should I charge for idle services as a freelancer?
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| Mar 15, 2017 at 8:44 | comment | added | Stephan Branczyk | Yes, definitely charge for waiting. This is standard. Obviously, it's your duty to find some other busy work in the meantime, but if you can't, you can't. I have a friend who does IT freelance and he's very explicit about charging for his waiting time. | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 17:58 | comment | added | user3629249 | First thing I would be doing is getting a signed contract, that spells out all the details of the project, including many of the delays. like wait time for downloads. Without that contract, you will spend more time hashing the details of the project with the client, as the client will always want to change things and you will need to have that time be chargable by already having specified the details in the contract. | |
| Mar 6, 2017 at 8:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFreelance/status/838660737853706240 | ||
| Mar 6, 2017 at 4:11 | comment | added | Oliver Kuchies | No Dramas @PeterM :) | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 23:26 | answer | added | Peter M | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 23:16 | comment | added | Peter M | Oops .. I just re-read the question and saw where you said you did charge by the hour. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 23:16 | comment | added | Oliver Kuchies | Yes. I certainly am | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 23:01 | history | edited | Oliver Kuchies |
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| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:57 | history | migrated | from workplace.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:46 | comment | added | Simon | If the waiting time is significant, you could do other parts of the job, e.g. writing documentation | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:43 | comment | added | dfundako | I've heard of contractors charging for the time while sitting there and waiting for programs to install. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:38 | history | asked | Oliver Kuchies | CC BY-SA 3.0 |