"However.....what I was trying to get at was you're given a (for example) 3 months contract at £400 a day for providing a certain service. Why should you expect to increase it after that 3 months to £450 for providing exactly the same service?"
Don't agree. At month 3 you are doing the job better than you did at month 1. So the client might be keen to keep you. You shouldn't expect a rise in rate after only 3 months, but if you can get a role which pays the desired rate, then why not give the existing client the benefit of first refusal. Also, what is so bad in trying to maximise your rate. I don't see too many ethics on the client side when they hit a financial blip! Best to make your money while you can.
"Yes its a business negotiation, but surely you have to have a bit of ethics about you aswell?!! If we all kept upping our rates for no reason then suddenly companies would start thinking of alternatives. There has to be a balance."
Nope - there is supply and demand. All contractors can be replaced. I'd like £1000 per day, I won't get it because it is way above the market rate and there are plenty more fish in the sea.
Don't agree. At month 3 you are doing the job better than you did at month 1. So the client might be keen to keep you. You shouldn't expect a rise in rate after only 3 months, but if you can get a role which pays the desired rate, then why not give the existing client the benefit of first refusal. Also, what is so bad in trying to maximise your rate. I don't see too many ethics on the client side when they hit a financial blip! Best to make your money while you can.
"Yes its a business negotiation, but surely you have to have a bit of ethics about you aswell?!! If we all kept upping our rates for no reason then suddenly companies would start thinking of alternatives. There has to be a balance."
Nope - there is supply and demand. All contractors can be replaced. I'd like £1000 per day, I won't get it because it is way above the market rate and there are plenty more fish in the sea.
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