Re: Questions - Going from Hourly to Per Project Basis?

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

"Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> wrote in message
news:214951 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
<snip>
> To avoid having to
> compensate you, they should guarantee that they`ll yell at anyone not
> willing to make themselves available to you. It's easy to lose money on a
> fixed-price bid when you don't define your terms and the client starts
> asking for freebies that they should be paying for.
>

What're the odds this'll actually happen, even if they do "guarantee" it? In
crunch time, if a manager has a choice between pissing off a staff SME and
scr*wing over a contract TW (who's now costing less, thank you very much),
what choice will be made (no matter what's in writing)?

Chuck Martin



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