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Subject:Re: "Entry level" again From:Robin Allen <rmallen -at- TEXAS -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:39:35 -0500
Matthew:
As an independent consultant, you should be setting your own prices. The
company that has you under contract is not your employer, it is your client.
And as a consultant, *you* decide how much money you make, not your client. If
you want more money, you present it to your client as a price increase, not a
raise.
The fact that they decide your wages puts you dangerously close to being
classified as an employee by the IRS.
Robin Allen
Twenty-Six Letters, Inc.
210-696-8721 voice
210-696-8724 fax
