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Questions for all Technical Writers who have done contract/consulting
work:
Over the past 1 1/2 years I have worked through three different
contractor/consulting agencies as a temporary employee. And I have
talked with numerous other agencies (and consulting companies) about
other possibilities. (I have been seeking non-permanent work.) In all
of these dealings, I have yet to have a satisfying salary negotiation.
Everyone of these contractor organizations insists on striping me of my
salary requirements up-front (before I even met with their client). I
find this depressing.
Have you been more successful in salary negotiations for like work? Is
there any ways around this?
NOTE: What is a satisfying salary negotiation? I was taught that
salary should be the LAST thing discussed during the interview process.
That I should only discuss salary after I have throughly scoped-out the
job and know: how technologically complex the assignment is and how
complex the interpersonal relationships are.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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