I think that if we all agreed (yeah, I know...getting all of us to agree on something LOL) to charge our clients 1000/project, that might be considered price fixing, but if we had a discussion that determined that the going rate was 55/hr...that would be price fixing....it might be price fixing if we said that we would all charge 55/hr.
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 7:35 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: CFML Rates it's against the law? -- Tony Weeg Sent from my IPhone ... don't hate On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > 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:355649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
