Hi CF Community - Been awhile since I've chatted here with you great people.
I recently saw multiple tweets come across the wire re: #coldfusion from a "rural" oriented company advertising $47/hr for full time telecommute coldfusion work. After a short conversation with their HR, it turns out the max they'll pay for "ColdFusion" is $30/hr 1099 because the work is "telecommute". Never mind the bait & switch act, the perceived benefits are "telecommute" on 1099 and possibly healthcare if you go W2, at which point they might want you to drop your rate to cover that. Those of us on 1099 pay full FICA, file taxes every quarter, buy our own equipment, pay our electric, office expenses, etc.. Does that "bait & switch" from medium level rate to low rate sound like a scam? Compare that scenario with Indian recruiters calling with 6 month assignments across the USA for between $50 to $72 / hr.; corp to corp, which sucks if you have a family, but -- have any of you ever taken those short term 6-month gigs from lesser known recruitment firms? CFML work, regardless of whether we're talking remote/telecommute or on-site, appears to still be a respectful language to build great Web apps and for experienced developers, should command the same pay-rate / client-billing as DotNet and PHP. I have clients that pay between $55 to $70 / hr (dropped $10 from my high end due to economy) -- and it's all remote work from home office. Get a W2 gig with great benefits, good group of people, innovative work environment and one may expect that 55 - 70 rate to drop around 30%. Any of you all running into questionable companies that either don't know how to hire good talent or charge appropriately for their services -- regardless of whether one's using CFML? It's entirely possible the $30/hr rate to consultant is compiled into client projects at $90/hr to client. Good for them, but likely they'll be taking a pass on high level talent. Dakota ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355618 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
