Z3Dreamer
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
DW's old company wants her to help out short term for a project in a few months. May be a total of 150 hours spread over 4 months. They talked to her a month or so ago and have not gotten back to her. Last communication was pretty direct that they wanted her. Some of the salient points:
My question: Does any body think she should do this? Any body ever had such a situation? If so, was the stress worth it?
- Person who would negotiate her pay would argue or ghost her just for fun.
- DW's pay rate was about 2/3 of her replacement. DW would want 3 times her hourly rate as a consultant. Said argue/ghost person would make the conversation unpleasant.
- She would have to deal with and get information from folks who routinely ignored her requests for info and can't deal with a strong woman. If she said "I won't deal with George and Ringo." She might as well not do the project.
- Too much income will make her lose SS check and if we are not careful it will cost us tons in lost premium tax credit.
- OTOH, if she is careful, she can pick up a little chunk of change.
- DW likes most of the people she worked with.
- Mostly she could work remotely.
- DW had a stressful dream last night, where she was already doing the work and found people not doing their job, so it made this project more difficult.
- I see no future benefit to assisting these folks, other than pay, but she wants to be nice - not burn bridges.
My question: Does any body think she should do this? Any body ever had such a situation? If so, was the stress worth it?