My client just fired several offshore JDE consultants, and extended me.
And...
I'm NOT cheap, so it proves that you get what you pay for...
Same thing happened at my last client - I went there for a 3-month project
that turned into 5 years...
- sjl
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It's the brazenness of the way companies pursue cheap
foreign labor that I find insulting.
I survived several waves of 'downsizing' in the past because I was
junior (cheap), and the ones being let go were senior (expensive).
Labour cost has always been an important driver in a for-profit
organisation. Now the shoe is on the other foot and I am senior
(expensive) and frankly always expected to get the chop because of
that fact alone. It doesn't insult me or surprise me but it does make
me wish there were a way to prove my value to the organisation. If I
could prove that I'm worth more than I'm paid, then perhaps my job
would be safe. The trick is that expenses (payroll) are easy to see,
the return I provide isn't.
One question is there a way to negotiate a contract without being
fooled
as to length of the project?
The contract should stipulate the term. If the employer terminates
early, they are in breach of contract.
--buck
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