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Time billing was (Re: Writers face prison in Russia)
Subject:Time billing was (Re: Writers face prison in Russia) From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 05 May 2001 18:13:47 -0400
John Fleming wrote:
>
> > As a matter of ethics, shouldn't you fix your own error for no
> charge,
> > even if you were billing at an hourly rate.
> > I realize that hourly rate includes some mess up time, but i could
> never
> > bill for errors of the type you describe, at least not in good
> > conscience.
>
> You're absolutely right.
>
> However, billing to fix someone else's errors is fair game.
>
<snip> Spending time fixing mistakes--whether or hourly rates or fixed
term
> contracts--is a lot less lucrative than doing original work correctly
> the first time.
>
Depends on whose mistakes.
Knowing when to turn the clock off is always a problem. I think it is a
judgment call for which there are no clear guidelines. The policy may
very well vary with the situation.
I doubt that any client realistically expects a writer to sit down and
start writing first class usable copy from the very first minute.
OTOH, the client is entitled to reasonable production. Just what that
is, I leave to folks smarter than I to write guidelines. I do not begin
to know how to codify such a policy.
--
Peter
Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig
you soon realize they both like it mailto:peternew -at- home -dot- com
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