Would you do this?

6fsn

DH's old boss has been e-mailing/texting/calling DH at least once a week since he left.  Sometimes it's a simple thing, sometimes a bit more entailed.  The boss is freaking out about how he'll handle outage this year.  DH is worried he's going to spend a lot of time helping for no pay.

DH is considering banking his vacation and spending it as a consultant for outage.  I'm 99% certain they would take him up on the offer and DH could make some serious cash.  It would just be a sucky way to spend vacation. 

hmonkey

my old job did this.  after i said i wouldn't answer any more questions unless they want to pay me as a consultant, they stopped calling.

but if dh wants to spend his vacation doing it, more power to him.  (provided he discusses it with you.  and does not leave you with his parents.)

**O-Face**

I'm with hmo, if the price is right and I mean....REALLY$$$$ right, yes.  Otherwise no.  I wouldn't commit until I saw the money.  *SHOWMETHEMONEY!!!*

6fsn

They usually hire at least 2 consultants a year one of them along the lines of his background.  We'll just say the gross is about a mortgage payment a day plus a per diem, hotel, and travel.

tawillers

Would he be using ALL of his vacation?  Because I wouldn't be on board if it meant we couldn't go anywhere because DH chose to work.

ReturnOfKuus

It'd depend on how hurting for money we are, I guess.  If we're skirting the line of broke, then I'd say go for it.  If not, then I don't think it's worth it.

**O-Face**

*cough*  That sounds verrrry reasonable, 6.

PMeg819

Hell no. I have been approached to do side consulting work for local offices. It's nice to think about the extra money and it's fairly easy work but there is no way I could do that without getting burned out. I work my hours, and my time at home is mine. Because I'm not physically home every night, I need to make sure that I get quality time with DH and my son. Vacations are extra special, and I also need that time to step away from work and reorganize myself.

Personally, if DH approached me with something like that I'd ask him not to. Same reasons.

And you have to draw the line. When they have a contract for him as a consultant, they'll see him as an employee again and monopolize any time he has. At some point, you have to put your foot down and say no. Seriously, why is he answering the texts? You had better believe if someone started texting me about work things I'd keep a log and try to expense them for that. You guys are pushovers.

*Barbie*

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[QUOTE]They usually hire at least 2 consultants a year one of them along the lines of his background.  We'll just say the gross is about a mortgage payment a day plus a per diem, hotel, and travel.
Posted by 6fsn[/QUOTE]

That's all well and good, but when do you get a vacation?

I would not be answering any follow up calls without getting paid as a consultant. There's answering one or two quick questions right after leaving, so as not to burn a bridge, but at this point, boss needs to move on or start paying your H for his time.

if it means more time away from your family, is it worth the money? if it means you guys don't get to take a vacation this year, is it worth the money?

6fsn

I have told DH he needs to bill.  We aren't planning a big vacation this year, just a few long weekends.  We'd still be able to take them.  This would use 5 of his 12 days and he'd still have sick days.

We are borderline broke until this house sells.  At least in our minds since there will be nothing going to savings until then.  Outage is in the fall and they usually book the consultant around August.  So there is time to see where the house situation is.

PMeg- DH doesn't travel at all for work.  This new job is straight 9-5 with no weekends, evenings, holidays, or on call.  I would also be able to come visit a night or two.

soontobemrsep

Just an HR angle here, I'm not sure what your H does for work now, but would this be a conflict of interest with his current place of employment?
I wouldn't want to jeapordize my name and credibility for extra cash... However, the cash is SUPER tempting.

PMeg819

I'm assuming as a consultant he'd be responsible for his own taxes. He'll need to take into consideration that after it's all said and done, all that sweet extra money may not amount to a whole lot after the government gets their share.

VarunaTT

I would, just b/c of where you guys are with the double mortgages.  Even if you can make it, having some more breathing room is always worth it.  That's barely a drop in the bucket for his vacation days and banking vacation days is always a nice thing anyway. 

There's not really anything to regret by doing it.  Try it once and if it absolutely blows for you guys, don't have him do it again.  But if it works and you don't mind, that could be a nice side gig for awhile coming.

6fsn

We know the tax thing all too well. 

V- that's kind of why we were considering it.  Hopefully this house sells before then, but come August we may want a little financial relief.

arbolita

For a time I did handle some extraneous data/event projects for my old office, and if the organization still existed I think I'd do the same now.