Expected revenue for an Oracle consultant was about 4x salary, but only about 1.3x the company's actual cost of the employee, when you include things like benefits, bonuses, training, management, administrative, legal, and so on. It's a rough business to try to stay in. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com * Nullius in verba * Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 3/23 Park City, 4/6 Seattle - Hotsos Symposium 2004: March 7-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nuno Souto Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:27 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: Oracle 911 Article Oracle's return ratio on a consultant's time was 4 times the salary of the consultant. At least. Then they increased it... Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 6:32 AM Subject: RE: Re: Oracle 911 Article > 4 years ago the top Oracle consultants from Oracle Consulting were $300+ > per hour. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------