Would be interested to know what other consultants have a flexible schedule (i.e., don’t have to be in at 8am and don’t need to be on the client site all the time). Is this the reality for others?

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I essentially bullshit Thursday afternoon and Friday if that counts?

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That’ll work

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Yeah I started working at 5am and leaving at 2pm for a few weeks wfh

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Have been remote since the past 7 months.

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Current project i try to get in by 9am, take an hour lunch, and leave by 430ish. Occasionally we’ll have a late meeting that runs into the evening, but otherwise it is incredibly laid back.

I could probably get away with going back to the hotel whenever I don’t have meeting, and younger version of myself would have totally done this, but considering how much I make and how much my company bills the client, I feel obligated to show up.

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I don’t work Fridays

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I don’t work past noon on Friday and won’t open my laptop at the airport.

ZS (Europe) - we don't work onsite and I can come a bit later to the office (around 10am), especially if I worked late and nobody would bat an eye. Yet to see a manager who would have an issue with occasional WFH...

Always depends on the project. I’ve done some china work which entailed working 5am-3pm so I just stayed home. But some clients will just expect you there in person (and tbh I do think it’s more effective).

I barely worked 40hr a week remotely for 2yr on the same client doing very easy work, it was essentially staff aug so it felt like I was a remote industry employee. Usually signed on at 9a, and off at 4p.

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