Re: On line project site
A major contributing factor to these low-ball estimates is a lot of the time, people completely unfamiliar with how IT should be conducted, much less how much it should cost are the ones who are posting the jobs. Anyone in their right mind who has worked in this industry should know that they will never be able to get a $2,500 computer ready to plug-n-play for $1,000. For that to be possible, they would either need to lower their expectations on components (specs) or lower their labor rate, or both. On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: Same here... One company wanted me to purchase, setup and install a web server. When I got the requirements, I gave them a price which was fair. Just the hardware alone (what the wanted) was $1500. With the O/S and a couple other apps and my time.. I gave them a quote for $2450. When it was all said and done, I would have made $250 (my labor). They wanted to pay me... $1000. Not even enough to cover the parts. I told them where they could stick it. -Original Message- From: Ennio Bozzetti [mailto:enniobozze...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:40 PM To: cf-jobs-talk Subject: Re: On line project site Never... I did try once and they wanted to pay me around $200 for a project over $1000 On Dec 22, 2008 7:11 PM, Jenny jenn...@jennysplace.org wrote: Has anyone had success, or otherwise, with sites such as Guru, Elance or oDesk? Jenny ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Telecommute Question
They, the employer, would be best served NOT hiring you under a W2, but rather, contracting to you under a 1099. Pretty sure it would be an easier hoop to jump through for them. However, you would be responsible for filing your own taxes if they do so. That being the case, make sure you account for that in your hourly rate negotiations. Good luck! On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I live in Canada and I'm considering part time telecommute work. I'm having an issue finding information about what US companies are required to do to hire a Canadian telecommuter. I'm concerned that there could be a lot of extra work for a company to hire a Canadian telecommuter, which in turn would make applying for jobs a waste of time. Does anyone have links or firsthand knowledge about this? Thanks, Andrew ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Consultant's Revenge
What about the flip-side of that coin ... A site for employers to review their contracted hire. Why not build both into the site with the ability to tag them together and to facilitate conflict resolution? This could be quite the lucritive venture if done properly. On 1/31/08, Joseph Smuzynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After dealing with a few too many disreputable companies, I'm just about ready to build a new site that is sort of a cross between f*ckedcompany.comand ChexSystems. The idea is to have a site where consultants of all types can come and anonymously post their negative experiences with various companies, large or small. The hope is that with proper marketing, it will become the first place a consultant comes to check out a company before doing work for them. If a company ends up with a negative listing, the way they get the listing removed is to make good with the consultant, then the consultant can mark the case closed. Naturally, if they have multiple bad entries, they would have to make good with everybody. The site would not allow inflammatory types of comments about a company; only facts. Each entry would be reviewed and approved before being posted. There would have to be supporting data too... for example, let's say a company refused to pay your last invoice. You would need to provide a copy of your last invoice and a work log to document it. All listings would have to include proof that you actually worked for the company... e.g. copies of pay stubs, a copy of the contract, etc. Otherwise the site could be used for extortion and would lose it's advantage because it wouldn't be taken seriously. So, the point is to help show companies that they have to treat consultants well... pay their people what they're owed, treat them kindly, etc. Otherwise these companies may find themselves unable to get people to work for them anymore. I don't see this being a lawsuit magnet either. Each posting would have to be factual, not emotional. No slanderous or libelous remarks. Just facts. It would boil down to the consultant's word against the company. No names of people would be mentioned, so you couldn't call people out by name. You could go as far as to say your supervisor was a micro-manager but you couldn't say, my supervisor, Bill Smith, was a micro-manager and was always giving me a hard time. Sure, the easier way is to just post about 'em here on cf-jobs-talk, but then you're likely to end up with a bad rap since a lot of job posters read this list too, no doubt looking for anybody who might be willing to speak out. I haven't really decided what to call the site either. I'm not even sure yet if I'll do it; I'm curious to hear what others think of the idea. Joe ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Coldfusion Developer Needed for an Internet Start-up in Beta
Good luck with that! This is not a payng job and instead will be compensated through equity. ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
