The number of responses from folks recommending against charging surprises me.
I fall into the pro-charging category. I'm not saying be a jerk about it, but there's nothing at all unreasonable about viewing your time as being valuable. What *is* unreasonable is for a former employer to expect you to work for free (not saying yours expects this-I don't know). If I left my organization, but boss would never DREAM of asking me to help out for free after the fact. If my services were needed, she wouldn't hesitate to get a purchase order processed for my time. I wouldn't charge for answering a few e-mail questions or for spending a few minutes on the phone. But beyond that, I would be inclined to charge for my time just like any other professional would. Any former employer who would begrudge you of that is (A.) someone you probably wouldn't want to go back to work for and (B.) likely to come up with some other reason to give you a bad reference in the future. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
