Poll: Do you charge extra for working on holidays/weekends?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:49
Lid 2007
Engels naar Portugees
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Other Jan 5

It depends! There is a huge difference between organizing my own week at my convenience or being booked over the weekend by clients (weekends cost at least 25% more). I schedule my work and free time at my convenience, which means sometimes working during the weekend and having a day or two (or more) off in the middle of the week. I like the freedom of having my “weekend“ when I choose and taking days off when everyone else is “busy”...

Edith van der Have
Susanna Martoni
Chris Says Bye
Thayenga
Josephine Cassar
Kay Denney
IrinaN
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Nederland
Local time: 11:49
Lid 2016
Engels naar Nederlands
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It depends Jan 5

Often, I choose to spend business hours differently, e.g. for chores or leisure, simply swapping them for weekend work. In that case, I charge my clients a regular fee. However, if they mail me on a Friday at 4 p.m. with a project due on Monday 9 a.m., I'll be happy to help them (if my private life allows for it) at a 50% surcharge. Usually, "suddenly" later delivery is possible

I try to avoid evening work where possi
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Often, I choose to spend business hours differently, e.g. for chores or leisure, simply swapping them for weekend work. In that case, I charge my clients a regular fee. However, if they mail me on a Friday at 4 p.m. with a project due on Monday 9 a.m., I'll be happy to help them (if my private life allows for it) at a 50% surcharge. Usually, "suddenly" later delivery is possible

I try to avoid evening work where possible because I'm not at my best then, and would not accept any urgent project that requires me to work in the evening.

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Susanna Martoni
Silvia Pellacani
Kay Denney
Aline Amorim
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Nederland
Local time: 11:49
Lid 2006
Engels naar Afrikaans
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If it pays more, I might do it Jan 5

I always work on holidays/weekends... there's nothing special about that. But I assume by "holidays/weekends" the asker means "having to cancel non-work appointments".

Well, if a job comes in that requires me to cancel some of my non-work appointments, then I'll do it (i.e. cancel my other appointments) if the job pays enough. I've had this happen to me -- I might have an appointment to meet some friends for coffee, and then a large job comes in, and then I have to cancel with my
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I always work on holidays/weekends... there's nothing special about that. But I assume by "holidays/weekends" the asker means "having to cancel non-work appointments".

Well, if a job comes in that requires me to cancel some of my non-work appointments, then I'll do it (i.e. cancel my other appointments) if the job pays enough. I've had this happen to me -- I might have an appointment to meet some friends for coffee, and then a large job comes in, and then I have to cancel with my friends.

But "pays enough" is not determined by surcharges. A job might "pay enough" if it is a lot of work that is easy to do, even if the client's rate is the same as always. It must be literally more money, and not just percentage-wise more money. I'm not cancelling my life for EUR 10 that's bumped up by a 100% surcharge to EUR 20.
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Liena Vijupe
Liena Vijupe  Identity Verified
Letland
Local time: 12:49
Lid 2014
Frans naar Lets
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Other Jan 5

I do not work on holidays/weekends.
I used to do that by my own choice when I was too lazy or busy to get things done during the week, but my working hours are quite firm now. I like to have time when I don't even have to think about work or checking e-mails. Mentally, I'm just "off" and it would be very hard now to make myself work in my "free time", even if I still could. I also can not remember the last time when I had to do that.


Zea_Mays
Chris Says Bye
Lieven Malaise
Marta Bevanda
Christiana Grunwald
 
Yes Jan 5

I always charge extra, as pretty much any professional or tradesperson would.

I don’t need to compete by underselling myself.


Marina Meier
Kay Denney
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
België
Local time: 11:49
Lid 2020
Frans naar Nederlands
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No Jan 5

I don't accept work for the weekend.

Alex Lichanow
Helen Portefaix
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Duitsland
Local time: 11:49
Engels naar Duits
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Other Jan 6

I don't work on holidays and weekends, unless I feel like working for any reason.

Chris Says Bye
Christiana Grunwald
 


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