In a unique situation here (well, hopefully not)... I've been helping a friend get his company automated and we've developed a damned fine management system that handles mostly everything internally.
I've been working full-time for him on a very reduced salary for the past year due to being in a pinch after being laid off last year and also wanting to finish this project we started several years ago but never had the chance to spend the right amount of time on. The system is built, but being on a shared server (there's not enough in the budget to justify dedicated at the moment), there are occasional "kick the box" support services they need me to be on-call for. There will also be additions and upgrades. I have a good idea on what to charge for those. But the on-call billing is throwing me for a loop. I'm stuck between a fixed amount and some usage-based amount. Anyone run into something like this? My friend was bought by a slightly larger company so he's letting me be a little creative to make sure I'm fully compensated. I already have a "base" amount I receive per month for normal tasks like database updates, slight changes that don't qualify as projects, etc. The on-call would be on top of that and for the life of me I can't figure out how to bill it. Thanks in advance :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
