atw: Re: Agency Rates

I'm not sure I agree Dennis. I'm currently working for the NSW Ambulance
which has limited funds. The agency I am working through is charging the
ambulance four times what they are paying me. Because the ambulance has
limited funds they are expecting me to provide effort which is four times
more than what I am being paid for. In addition, in return for the money
they are charging, the agency provided nothing in terms of advice as to how
to best use the resources they were supplying to bring the project to a
successful conclusion. Instead I had to supply that, even though the agency
insisted I lower my rate because I didn't have to supply advice or write
documents, only show up and train. Sounds like serious extortion to me. To
my mind, good business is acting in an ethical manner and supplying
something for the money.

Michelle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Frankel" <dennis_frankel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:32 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Agency Rates


> I find this a rather strange discussion.
> If you a paid $60 per hour by the agency - that's all you have to worry
about.It's not your concern what the agency is getting from the client.
Firstly, it's not your client - it's the agency's client.
> Your client is the agency.
> Likewise, if I buy a widget from the hardware store and I pay $10 for it,
I don't care if the stoe paid only $1 for the widget. i was happy with the
price, paid it, and thats the end of the matter.
> Negotiate the price with the agency, and if you're happy with what they
are paying you, that's it.
> Otherwise, you go and get the job from the agency's client.
> Some agencies 'buy' better than others. It's not a crime, it's good
business.
> Good luck.
>
> Dennis
> Roy and Diane Chester <rdches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A few years ago, a range of agencies made a special point of advertising
> that they charged only 7% above the money the contractor was receiving.
50%,
> to me, is obscene. 75% ought to be grounds for legal action by both client
> and contractor.
>
> I recently worked with a group of contractors direct with a company, and
> thought I had hit the lodestone. The others were very dismissive of the
> rate, and said it was low by their standards. Maybe I have been milked by
> too many vulturine agencies like Chris's.
>
> Roy Chester
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> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:01 PM
> Subject: austechwriter Digest V2 #302
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> > austechwriter Digest Sat, 30 Oct 2004 Volume: 02 Issue: 302
> >
> > In This Issue:
> > Agency fees [Was: Unreasonable/ Ineffective Contract term]
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:03:59 +1000
> > From: Chris Curnow
> > Subject: Agency fees [Was: Unreasonable/ Ineffective Contract term]
> >
> > Just to revive this thread from a couple of weeks ago.
> >
> > I am interested in the range of fees agencies charge - ie the
> > percentage increase on our fee they add when charging the client.
> >
> > I don't do contract work all that often, more of a fill in when my
> > consultancy work is a bit quiet or, as at present, I am reworking the
> > focus of my consultancy practice.
> >
> > Anyway, for that reason, I don't bother about the details of the
> > contract too much. I read it and am prepared to cross out obnoxious
> > clauses, but don't usually worry about the ones that just annoy me.
> >
> > Just now though, I am doing a contract that started out as a nice two
> > month fill in and will turn out to be six months commitment. Sort of
> > change my focus a bit.
> >
> > In the recent re-negotiations to extend my current contract I asked
> > what rate the agency was charging the client. I guessed it was around
> > 50%. (ie I charge them $60 ph and they charge the client $90 ph) The
> > agency didn't want to tell me but in the end the client did.
> >
> > I found out that the agency was charging 75% above my rates.
> >
> > Am I alone in thinking this is obscene?
> >
> > How many of you know what the agency charges.
> >
> > What is the range of fees?
> >
> > regards
> > --
> > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
> > Chris Curnow
> > Director, The Riverside Group
> > +613 9587 8727 mobile: 0413 514 893
> > mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.theriversidegroup.com
> > http://www.chriscurnow.com
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