Extension and rate negotiation

[Bagpuss]

Just tell him "look, since petrol last went up the Bentley is costing me another £200 a week to run, so give me the feckin' money"

[malvolio]

Would they be the sound business minds who let us get away with messing about on here all day !

The emotional factors do come into it in the real world and it is an irritant that most managers could do without so it shouldn't be done lightly if you are in a half decent contract. It is always on a case by case basis.

Precisely. This is not a theoretical situation. The guy holding the purse strings is a permie and thinks like one.

And I have gone for a rate increase at renewal: for example, the last one was after I'd already put £50k back on the budget by improving the processes I was managing.

Then again a 'friend'* of mine did a deal on one improvement programme to work for minimal expenses and 10% of the total savings he acheived after one year. He saved them £28 million...



*'friend' becuase I taught him everything he knew...