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Andrew says: Theoretically, it shouldn't matter what the agency gets. If
they pay you
the rate you want, what do you care if they mark you up 10% or 10000%.
I agree with Andrew. I have been consulting for several years. I am only
now contemplating becoming a permanent employee because I enjoy the company
I am at.
My last contract paid me 40% of my billing rate. What that low? I didn't
think so...I was provided with benefits, training, nearly free education,
and a manager who looked served as a liasion between me and my company.
When the dot-com I was originally working for suddenly got rid of all of
their consultants (a "cost-cutting move"), there were five of us from the
same agency who all got new placements and had no break in between jobs.
Consulting is a symbiotic relationship. Both the contractor and the agency
benefit from the situation. Yes, may seem that I am being "ripped off", but
this sort of pricing happens all the time in a free enterprise system. No
one complains (too loudly) that we are overcharged for cable television,
cell phones, Windows2000, CocaCola, or many of the other myriad companies
that have become extremely wealthy from the little guy.
Diane Evans
Information Developer
Lockstream
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato [mailto:intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:52 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: The Agency Issue Returns
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