atw: Re: First Gig Coming Up

Hallett, Michelle wrote:
Good luck. If you go a little high (based on things like 
> a survey of others) and are prepared to come down, you
> might get good money (though you risk not getting the
> job). If you go low for fear of not getting the job,
you might find you could have got more. I find it 
> better to go a little high, there's always jobs and I'd
> rather not work for cheapskates. Nor do I want people to
> think of me as cheap. Sometimes if people pay more for you
> they think you're valuable (especially if you do a good job).
> Sometimes when people pay less for you, they think you're
not worth much as an employee (even if you do a good job). It's all in the balance.


It's also kinder to others who contract in your
same are to ask for the going rate rather than
a lower rate that the employer can then use as a
hammer to try to get other people to come down.

Plus if you start higher and they talk you down to
a rate you'd find acceptable, they'll have a warm,
fuzzy feeling that they somehow got a bargain :->

-- Janice

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