Whinging Contractors

[TimberWolf]

I suspect if you said to an agent "I'll take [half the going rate]", the chances are you'd never work again. I don't think the contract market works quite like that. Reducing your rate may, or may, not help you get work, but it certainly won't guarantee you keep working and it may even be a bad move, especially as agents seeking commission form part of the food chain.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!

Yeah right because other business (let's see now, Farmers, Hauliers etc) never ever moan about rising costs and falling rates do they?

[BrilloPad]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!

I have seen posts on it - but why not? useful to understand what is happening in the market.

Very little whining about it.

Are you sure you are okay?

[chris79]

I'm a real contractor.. I got offered a s**t rate for a top job this week and grabbed it with both hands.

[bodnobal]

sasguru, I agree I dropped my rate this week after an in house chat. Client was happy for me to continue for another 6 months. They sacked 3 permies on the same day though so it's not all doom and glooom.

[TimberWolf]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!

I don't think lowering your rate helps much in contracting, especially when you work through an agency. If staying in business as a contractor were as easy as lowering your rate, rates would fall in bad times, whereas in reality rates usually stay (artificially) high and the number of contractors in contract plummets instead. Most of them would prefer to be working on a lower rate I'm sure.

[Moscow Mule]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!

Permie bastard.

[sasguru]

HTH

Wow. AtW, DP, Threaded and now Troll. The full complement of CUK village idiots just in time for Christmas.

[Troll]

You could always be a sad, Lycra wearing, Aygo driving permie gimp if you think that's better.:

HTH

[Mich the Tester]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!

You could always be a permie if you think that's better.

[sasguru]

Businesses my arse. Bloody disguised employees the lot of them - whinging about rates coming down as if it were a salary. No understanding of supply and demand - you set your rate to match the market. Bah!