Re: Consultants who have to work on junk equipment

Of course, the big question is:  did they let loose the Billable Rate or
the rate actually -paid- to the contract programmer?  In many cases, the
contract programmer may not -know- the rate being billed for his/her
services...

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com




>I have to agree with Don's ire about the public knowing what the consultants
>get. I have just marked it up to "another jerk," and try to avoid working with
>the jerks in the future. However, as NASA experienced in trying to create
>fool-proof systems, there are so many fools and so few of us.
>
>Hank
>
>In a message dated 11/16/98 4:00:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>DAsmussen@aol.com writes:
>
> ....Whoever "let the cat out of the bag" regarding your compensation
> should be taken out and flogged, regardless of whether they worked for you or
> the client.  Even if you want them, you cannot ethically hire any member of a
> client's staff, so what good does it do for them to know your billing rate?
>
> While I'm personally opposed to our industry working at any one site for more
> than a few months, I'm also opposed to employers that subsidize worthless
> employees with our services instead of giving a deserving employee a perm
>job.
> We definitely fill a need for "one-time" jobs like Y2K or mentoring staff on
>a
> new application/platform, but for the love of Pete just "toast" people that
> refuse to work or learn new methodologies....
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com >>



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