OK I'm tell on you! On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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 >> >> > > > >
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