Contract Renegotiation

[billybiro]

It's called having a 'can do' attitude which can only stand you in good stead (imho).

No, it's called 'being a doormat'.

Attitudes like that will leave you wide open to exploitation by an unscrupulous client who believes he can get more than he's paying for.

ProTip: All clients are unscrupulous in this way, if given the chance to be so.

[psychocandy]

At least you're in the position of knowing how much the margin is so its gives you a bit of an advantage....

In my experience, it aint easy to get a client to increase their rate. Once they got you in the door they dont want to pay any more :-(

I'd ask the agent though - not sure if its wise to let them know that you know their cut though. It might work or it might not.....

I recently got a rate rise out of the agent because of the falling euro. Not a huge amount but I pushed it as far as I could so I was happy with that. Still dont know their cut but they sortta now I'm unlikely to leave which left me at disadvantage a little I guess.