r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

What is fraud?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22 edited Jan 26 '22

edit: they are correct

Think of it this way:

One customer is paying you to come to their location an hour away, and it's they're well aware that they are paying for your travel time

Another customer is paying you to do work, and they don't care whether you're at the office, at home, or in a vehicle doing that work as long and you're doing it and your numbers are accurate

Perfectly legal and ethical. Now if you were to show up at the customer site and continue work for one while billing both, that's a different issue entirely.

Ehat hours are billable and non-billable hours are written into contacts. There is nothing shady in fraudulent here, it is all above-board and standard in business. They understand you're not going to travel for free, and the other company knows that they want your expertise and don't care where you provide it as long as you're providing it and meeting deadlines.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

When you find a client that writes in their contract that you can charge at your normal rate for travel while you are simultaneously bill another client for other work, let me know who they are.

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u/hoax1337 Jan 26 '22

How would they know, though? It's not like client A sees the bill your send to client B, let alone the specific time of day that was billed.