RE: Where are bill rates going?

"My application to McDonald's at the hourly rate of $40.00 has been accepted. This includes medical, dental, and vacation benefits."

"Due to the great demands for my skills, my new rate is $60/hour W2"

"ROFLMAO. Since when did you start sending out joke emails??"

"Sure!! I'll take the job at $83.00/hour!! Since there is NO WAY IN HELL that I would do it for $38.00/hour, and I KNOW that you typoed it."

I guess your reply would be based upon your urgent need for this position. If your still interested, then I guess you can counter with $50/hour. It sounds like these days you have to do more negotiating to set your rate. If it's a new client then it could open up more doors for you. Goodluck!!

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I just received the following email from a recruiter for a senior DBA production support 6 month contract position (plus tuning and application enhancement thrown into the mix) in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area. I was submitted for the contract 2 months ago (at $60/hour W2) and subsequently was begged to reduce that to $55/hour (I reluctantly agreed and are now learning the hard way not to appear desperate or talk money up front, by the looks of it).

>snip

OK, Is there ANY way at all you could reduce your rate to $38.00/hour for the xxxxx position?
>snip

Any suggestions for a suitable reply (I have several in mind but would like to remain courteous at this stage).

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