In my experience, you need to work on-site for a bit to gain trust etc.
before you can get the offsite work.
I'm sure there are more flexible firms out there, but I have found that I
need to plop myself in their office for a while and keep nagging about how
silly it is to supply me with office space when I have a nice, quiet office
where I can be much more efficient and spend commute time working instead of
driving (exaggerating a bit about the nagging, but you do get what you ask
for).
I have been fortunate to work for some multi-city (and multinational) firms
whose people shifted around but remembered me in their travels, so I was
able to maintain the work when they moved. In some cases, they passed my
name around to others in the new office, so I got additional work that way
as well.
Regards,
Barb
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+caslon=alltel -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
Poshedly, Ken
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:01 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Securing long-distance contract assignments
Hey Gang!
To follow up on Geoff Hart's comments about working from home, I would LOVE
to work from home, but no matter how much business talks-the-talk, they
refuse to walk-the-walk (to lift an overused phrase from the asinine O.J.
Simpson trail of the 1990s).
So how does one secure an at-home tech writing contract job for a client far
too far to actually meet with? Occasional visits onsite at client's expense
are just fine, though.
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