David & Joanne Gould
dajomigo at tpg.com.au
Fri Apr 7 18:30:38 CDT 2006
Jim This is not unique to the IT industry. 25 years ago my partner was being spun a similar line in freelance editing and publishing for the educational and business sectors. The professional association suggested the standard ethical response should be "We cannot possibly match those conditions and do a good job. Please feel free to accept the other offer. We have no doubt that for a short while you will be pleased with the result, however over time you will find the high quality and reputation of your business will no doubt suffer." The follow up action would be that the association would advise freelancers and contractors of the businesses that accepted such low quotes as an alert to business ethics. Good Luck David Gould DG Solutions At 12:41 AM 8/04/2006, you wrote: >These are interesting times. > >Yesterday a programmer who is working with my company went to see a new >client as I was out of the city for a couple of days on business. > >The client would like a custom made complex piece of code that would 'screen >scrape' from other web sites so his site would be able to present a list of >the best prices... a good idea. We had previously agreed on principle but >had not negotiated a price. > >The client presented the young programmer with his position. >First, we were to be on an hourly rate or when ever the client called. >Second, the client would pay the programmer directly and not go through the >company. >Third, the maximum rate he would pay would be $12.00 and hour as he had two >'east Indian' programmers, who had submitted bids of $5.00 per hour but felt >that he should try and support local talent. > >.. and a rider.. > >The client wants all code made to be his and if we ever used similar code >again, in another paying contract we would pay him 50% of gross profits. > >I must say, I am almost speechless but please feel free to comment. > >Jim > >-- >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com