Hi! Hope you are well!!! We've never really discussed in detail, hourly rates here because it's largely against the law ... this list is already watched by a few people we never want to meet.
In any case, read here about why you probably have not had many takers for this discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Dakota Burns <dakota.bu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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:355644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
