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Subject:RE: Hourly Wages for Tech Writing From:"Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:44:23 -0800
>I am planning to take up some freelance work on an hourly wage. I will
be
>working on help file (.chm) for an application. I know quite a few
people
>who haven't really had a good experience with being paid per hour.
Let's say
>if the writer has put in 3hrs to work on a User Manual, the client
might not
>agree that it was actually a 3hrs task which often causes problem
during
>payments.
>Can anyone please give me a tip on how to make sure everything goes
>smoothly.
Estimate the time it will take you, then double the number of hours.
Put it in writing -- a contract that will stand up in court.
If you take less hours than you estimated, you are a miracle worker and
may get future jobs from the same person. An old trick that Scotty used
with Captain Kirk.
Diane Evans, who is 12 work hours away from a vacation.
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