I'm not lowering my current clients, but I don't have the stomach to ask for $90/hr anymore. Depending on what I'm doing, I'm quoting $50-$75.
--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Matt Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Matt Jarvis <[email protected]> > Subject: [NF] is your billable rate dropping? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:45 PM > Got my hours cut to 32/wk... still have bennies, but.... I > think the > end may be near. This company is less than half the size it > was when I > started here last August (from 225 to 100). > > > > Already lined up a consulting gig for the folks I used to > work for. The > guy that was there before me does some work for them and I > know what he > charges so I know they are willing to pay at least that > much... but I > think I'll charge about 60% of that with some strict > rules about > payments and availability and such... > > > > Anyways - for those of you that do consulting work, are > your rates > holding up or are you finding yourself having to lower them > just to get > the work? I'm pretty sure I'll be hanging out my > consulting shingle > soon and I might need a reality check... > > > > TIA, > > > > Matt Jarvis > > Programmer/DBA > > King | Retail Solutions > > 541-349-8512 > > > > > > > > > > Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any > attachments, contains information that is, or may be, > covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is > also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not > the intended recipient, please be advised that you are > legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, > distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in > any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you > have received this communication in error, and then > immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your > cooperation. > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
