6/26 Has anyone consulted (SysAdmin) for Taos before? They offered me
work and I like their client. How much more should a consultant get
compared to their full-time equivalent? (assuming I figured that out)
\_ I was able to find my own gig for almost 2x what Taos was looking
to pay. YMMV.
\_ In general the contract client will be paying 2x for the work you
do. If you work through someone like taos, they take 1x and you get
the other. If you want to cut them out and go direct contract, you
can, but there is a huge amount of overhead in taxes and
administration you will need to take on yourself, as well as dealing
with what happens when the contract ends.
\_ More than that. I knew a guy who got $17/hr from Taos. They
were billing the company $150/hr for his services.
\_ BS dude, for me taos was taking about 30% and I got the rest.
I know because often i could get the client to tell me the
billable rate.
\_ Heh funny, I seem to recall $17/hr being entry level
sysadmin Taos pay around 1996 or so. I don't know how it
works in the US, but in Europe, big companies generally have
some form of "preferred supplier" list that's a bitch to
get on. You must be on it to contract for them (obviously
if you're consulting for someone who really wants you or
high-enough level, that's not an issue.) So the contract
agencies milk that for what it's worth. -John
\_ same thing here for big enough companies. -shac
\_ Doesn't that fall under some sort of anti-competition
law? I know companies can choose whom to do business
with, but in my experience, this has often been used
in a very nasty oligopolistic manner by contract firms
that bribe clients' purchasing people. We also have
the problem of large banks, for example, getting
together to keep rates down--both are well-known but
extremely hard to prove. -John |
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