is it a sign of the times
just been asked about lowering my rate
anyone else had this recently
Milan.
just been asked about lowering my rate
anyone else had this recently
Milan.
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Sorry to hear benesey! No mention of that here yet (touch wood).
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Yeap, I was spoken to about renewal last week and a 5% rate cut was mentioned due to budget constraintsOriginally posted by milanbenes View Post
, client is a fund manager. To be honest I was over market rate anyway though so its not to much of a hit plus its a US client so exchange rate makes me very expensive.
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Lots of budget cut here.
Many contractors getting terminated mid contract.
I've Managed to dodge the bullets so far.The Mods stole my post count!Comment
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Pondlife,
I told 'em if it comes to that they can stick their contract up their backsides.
Market is very strong for New Fangled and I'd love to see what happens when the dinosaurs are left to maintain the undocumented labrinth of new fangled solutions that they have running their business
We'll see what happens
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Yeah Im now down from 5 euros an hour to 4.55 Euros - agent geezer sed its cos of the credit crunch - I doffed my cap and sed - Musn't Grumble Guv - glad Im still in a job ...things are tuff out there ladzComment
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Programme managers are asking about the split between people costs and hardware/software in my (and other PM's) projects. Unsurprisingly it's heavily weighted to the former (lots of big-5 consultants at >£1K day.) Three guesses on the likely response.....Comment
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Nope. In fact I've just signed a new contract on my highest rate so far. The market is looking fine from where I'm sat (not literally of course)...
Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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