[AccessD] OT Contract Rates

Paul,

  One other piece of advice; don't burn any bridges<g>.

  Not sure what the relationship is, why you left, under what terms, etc.,
but be fair in your contracting.

  I left one situation behind and after a year or so, the director made the
comment "You know, you had us over the barrel; you could have asked for
anything and we would have been stuck paying it, but you didn't screw us",
and because of that, it turned into more work.

  Never know when you might get called back.

  Certainly be fair to yourself and not shortchange the situation (and
you've gotten some good advice on how to do that), but don't hold them
hostage either.

Jim. 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hartland
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 11:51 AM
To: Access List
Subject: [AccessD] OT Contract Rates

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.

-- 
Paul Hartland
paul.hartland at googlemail.com
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