>If someone is working independently on a project with 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there, 5 minutes a few hours later and billing each as an hour, that's not okay.
Yeah I certainly wasn't advocating that. It's a two way street. Clients tend to understand they're paying for availability as much as anything and contractors understand clients want work done on time and within budget as much as possible. In my experience (having done this for almost 15 years) the best client/contractor relationships are built on respect and trust that both sides are not being taken advantage of. And I've certainly seen my fair share of contractors that try to take advantage of clients or let clients take advantage of them. Both tend to not last long as contractors.
Yeah I certainly wasn't advocating that. It's a two way street. Clients tend to understand they're paying for availability as much as anything and contractors understand clients want work done on time and within budget as much as possible. In my experience (having done this for almost 15 years) the best client/contractor relationships are built on respect and trust that both sides are not being taken advantage of. And I've certainly seen my fair share of contractors that try to take advantage of clients or let clients take advantage of them. Both tend to not last long as contractors.