Yeah, $37.50 per hour on a 2000 hour/year basis - slightly less than rubbish. But, notice the time term - UP TO 8 months - so, it's not quite the same old exploitation; agents usually try to suck you in with a N month start with a 'promise' of extension. Brian. > Christine Kent <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ahhh, don't you just love it - how to get a contractor to work at salary > rates! Looks like the disease has now spread from government to > corporate. > Anyone got a calculator to work out the hourly rate? > > i suppose there must be someone out there who gets excited at the > prospect > of being exploited. ;-) > > ck > _____ > > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Baker, Ryan > Sent: Monday, 7 May 2007 8:46 AM > To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: atw: Tech Writer - Fixed Term Contract > > Technical Writer ? Fixed Term Contract > > * Circa $75k + Super > > * Up to 8 Months Contract > ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************