[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: contract-to-hire pricing

Subject: Re: contract-to-hire pricing
From: dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:51:40 -0700


The "rule of thumb" that I've always heard is salary/1000 = hourly rate if you want to maintain your current lifestyle. That is,
if you make $80,000 as a full-time employee, you'd need to
charge $80/hour to maintain the same lifestyle as an
independent.

Yes, assuming you need to buy, maintain, and support all your own equipment and software; do (or pay to have done) your financial and tax paperwork; provide your own medical and other insurance; pay for your own training and career development; and take a couple of weeks off every year.

If you already have the equipment and software you need, are still on COBRA for up to a year and a half, and are loking at being hired before either of those conditions change, you can do quite well for a while on slightly over half that amount (much closer to your actual salary when you established that lifestyle you want to maintain).


Note that when I made the transition, I had a popsicle's chance in haties to charge rates based on that formula, so I
got what the market would bear and coped with it.

How *is* the market in Hades? ;)

--David

=========================================================================

A V A I L A B L E N O W ! http://www.html-indexer.com

HTML Indexer is still the easiest way to create and maintain real indexes
for web sites, intranets, HTML Help, JavaHelp, and other HTML documents.





^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

SEE THE ALL NEW ROBOHELP X5 IN ACTION: RoboHelp X5 is a giant leap forward
in Help authoring technology, featuring Word 2003 support, Content Management, Multi-Author support, PDF and XML support and much more! http://www.macromedia.com/go/techwrldemo
From a single set of Word documents, create online Help and printed
documentation with ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 7 Professional, a new yearly
subscription service offering free updates and upgrades, support, and more.
http://www.doctohelp.com

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archiver -at- techwr-l -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.


Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: Re: contract-to-hire pricing: From: Susan W . Gallagher

Previous by Author: Re: waking up to the world of Technical Writing
Next by Author: Re: Usability: Serif and Sans-Serif font faces?
Previous by Thread: Re: Re: contract-to-hire pricing
Next by Thread: RE: contract-to-hire pricing

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads