I recently accepted a project at a decent hourly rate. As y’all know, the project details aren’t disclosed until after acceptance. I accepted.
So, the way it’s set up is that you get 6 hours of paid time for the test task before you get officially onboarded for 40 hours a week. However, management has acknowledged that 8-12 hours is more realistic for the test task. Thus, there is an expectation of unpaid work. The project managers were not able to state how long the project is expected to last, nor give what the AHT expectation is once you pass the test task.
I will not work for free, so my question is should I 1) ask to be offboarded, or 2) just sit back and do nothing?
If the answer is option “1”, what should I say to the project manager? I’d like for this to not negatively affect my future chances. For background, I was on a great project recently that ended, which was way more in line with reality, so I truly would like to stick around if something like that previous project should arise.