Disclosing current rate

[northernladuk]

Your contract is invariably with the agent who will no doubt have a confidentiality clause in the contract that you sign. Most of mine have. If not all, but I'm not gonna go back and read them all again You will of course be bound by some parts of the contract even after it has been determined.

The policy documents that you may be required to sign with the client are entirely different.

Are you sure you are cut out for contracting?

Me cut out? I wasn't the one that suggested the day rate is covered by a confidentiality clause.

[GillsMan]

Struggling to think of a time where I've told the agent my actual day rate. Because I do quite a few things, I genuinely price for the job. So if the job is a piece of piss, it's quite a low rate, and if it requires more specialist skills, it's a high rate. So I tell them the broad spectrum and say that my price will depend on what the client wants me to do.

And when I'm asked if I can lower my rate, I always say that I can if the client has a WFH policy (as this allows me to take on more work).

[kingcook]

As others have said, the rate you have charged previous clients is confidential.

I have been asked my previous rates by agents in the past. I just say, "i'd rather not say". They usually reply, "that's ok, i understand".

[Darksider]

I just give a very generic area. I put £70-£150 above my current rate and £20 below. If they turn round and offer you a rate lower than what your current rate is, politely decline or be ready to negotiate hard.