I like how Monty thinks on this and I'd go $30-40/hour also. What you have to remember when figuring a rate to charge is that if this was your only business, you would have to pay for health insurance for yourself on top of getting a salary. This almost always comes out to double the hourly rate you would make if you were an employee. But, if you are a sole proprietor and working on multiple contracts, they each pay a portion of this to get your services. This makes sense because they only need 1/3, 1/2 or some other fraction of your time. It is then up to you to fill the rest of your time slots. I personally like a full-time contract or reg. employment, but you can make this work and occasionally make more money.
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. ---Occam
-----Original Message----- From: kclug-bounces@kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Monty J. Harder Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:38 PM To: Gary Hildebrand Cc: kclug@kclug.org Subject: Re: Prices
On 8/23/05, Gary Hildebrand ghildebrand@centurytel.net wrote:
I'd write up a contract with them for at least twice what you were
getting,
even more if I could get away with it.
Also put in a minimum number of hours per day/week or a 'trip charge' of some kind so they don't just use you for a couple of hours at a time. And don't forget surcharges for calling you in on short notice or late hours. Double time for working after 5 pm is fairly standard.