I've only ever worked as a permanent employee, so don't really have an idea of what freelance entails and would like some advice please.
I've applied for a 24 hour (3 days a week) role with a company but it is on a freelance basis and mainly working from home with some fairly local travel to meet other members of the team once a week or so. They have said that even though it is a freelance role that the hours and days that i work would need to be set so they know when I am working. This works for me as I'd need to arrange childcare anyway.
I'm just not sure about the security of freelancing in this way, having only been a permanent employee. Also, what steps would I need to take and how much work does that involve? I guess I would need to set myself up as a sole trader. How would holidays and time off work? I've also never worked from home long term before.
I currently work 4 days a week in an office and always wanted to work 3 days (there is too much for me to do here to reduce my hours), but I'm just not sure what this would actually mean for me. Any thoughts or advice would be great!
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MrsGannicus · 07/01/2016 16:54
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