Ex Employer

[Iron Fist]

Is it wright that a company that you used to work for keeps bugging a person about a database they started and did not finish if asked I go in to details.

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I Fist!

 

[Gromit]

No right what so ever, If you left you left and its their problem.

 

[longers]

I'm no expert but should think Gromit is right. Unless they want to pay you as a consultant for answering their questions.

The bloke I learnt a lot from left earlier this year and he's more than happy for me to ring him up and get advice. Bit different to your situation though.

 

[marinyork]

No.

 

[sheddy]

Decide your hourly rate £50(?) and tell them how long will it take...

 

[ttcycle]

They should leave well alone

 

[dan_bo]

Tell 'em to nob off.

 

[postman]

I would suggest they have a cheek .

But you may love this story .A chap i knew was an overhead crane driver in a foundry .
His job went in a round of redundancies .So he had some time off .Then registered with an agency .They placed him in a position ,in the factory he had worked at driving the same crane .He thought it was hilarious and stayed there years after ..You coudn't make it up .

 

[ufkacbln]

I'm no expert but should think Gromit is right. Unless they want to pay you as a consultant for answering their questions.

The bloke I learnt a lot from left earlier this year and he's more than happy for me to ring him up and get advice. Bit different to your situation though.

This sounds more like a personal or professional support network rather than a formal business one. I have a number of people I can phone who would do this for me not for my employer.

 

[longers]

Oh yes, it's very informal and why I said it was a different situation to Iron Fist.
I try and work things out for myself but having his advice on the end of the line has proven invaluable on a couple of occasions. He does it because he's a friend.

 

[Mista Preston]

Decide your hourly rate £50(?) and tell them how long will it take...

Take this approach or just say no

 

[bauldbairn]

No right what so ever, If you left you left and its their problem.

No.

Decide your hourly rate £50(?) and tell them how long will it take...

Agree with all of the above!

The bloke I learnt a lot from left earlier this year and he's more than happy for me to ring him up and get advice. Bit different to your situation though.

I took redundancy from a company in May this year - and two of my friends(former colleague's) were being left to cover part of my old job. They constantly phoned me for advice / information - so after three months, I had to stop helping them out.
I said if the company needed my knowledge so much they could pay me for it - cause I've moved on.
We're still friends - we just don't talk about work, just the useless people in it.

 

[Night Train]

Decide your hourly rate £50(?) and tell them how long will it take...

If you take this option make sure you have a good professional indemnity insurance adn any other insurance you may need in case it all goes wrong.
It is easier for the company to blame, and claim against, an external contractor if things go wong.

 

[longers]

They constantly phoned me for advice / information - so after three months, I had to stop helping them out.
I said if the company needed my knowledge so much they could pay me for it - cause I've moved on.

That sounds fair enough. I've only rung him twice since May with regards to work stuff.

 

[Aperitif]

That sounds fair enough. I've only rung him twice since May with regards to work stuff.

..and then you bu$$ered the machine!
Only joking Mark...

I'm in sheddy's £50 per hour+ consultancy camp. If you are not 'good enough' to be an employee then you can be a 'breeze-in' consultant.

Determine ALL your costs and write a proposal for the Co. If it is accepted, then you can indemnify yourself. (Premium for same previously added to the original proposal but hidden in the cost per hour).