[AccessD] OT Contract Rates

Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com
Wed Aug 1 11:41:14 CDT 2012


Thank you for your advice Jim

On 1 August 2012 17:25, Jim Hewson <jm.hwsn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paul, there are a lot of calculations to go into something like this.
> I worked for a company a few years ago working on proposals for contracts.
> This gave me the edge when I ventured out into the contracting world.
>
> If this is only part-time work, I would just double my hourly pay.  Keep in
> mind that you would be considered a 1099 worker and that approximately 40%
> of the gross will go into taxes (in the US) and you'll need to make
> quarterly payments to IRS.
> If you will be working a lot of hours... then typically, an employee would
> cost the employer between 2 to 2.5 times the hourly pay.
> Keep in mind a full time self-employed contractor, has to pay themselves
> for holidays, vacation, sick time, all benefits, expenses and required
> adminitrative time that must be spent away from the job.  All that must be
> calculated in the hourly rate.
>
> So... bottom line - for a few hours every now and then... double your
> hourly pay.
>
> HTH
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Paul Hartland <
> paul.hartland at googlemail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > To all,
> >
> > Probably not the best place to put this so I do appologise, but am in a
> > situation in which I have never been or thought about before.  I leave my
> > current company after almost 11 years this Friday 3rd August, and start
> > with a new company on the 6th August.  The old company have asked me (no
> > further details as yet) if I would be interested in working for them on a
> > contract basis out of hours from my new company (no conflicting interests
> > of business).  What I would like to know is what sort of rates etc I
> should
> > be requesting for support and help for SQL, SSRS, Access, as these will
> be
> > systems I have worked on for the last ten years.  The thing is they could
> > have a situation where they are stuck with an issue, I could log on and
> > resolve it in minutes, or may take an hour or more, I can work out my own
> > time, electric etc,  but I am stuck with regards to asking what sort of
> > charges for my help.
> >
> > Thank you for any advice in advance.
> >
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