RE: What is a reasonable cut that a contracting company should ta ke?

I'd like to address this issue as well. What does it matter what the company you work for is billing to the client. That is betweeen the company and client. The fact that it's a business and there's a profit to be made, doesn't mean the profit needs to be shared. You should get paid based on your experience and what the marketplace is paying someone for your similar experience. The fact the company you work for did a good job at getting the client to pay a certain amount is really none of your concern. If you ran a business you'd realize that there is a cost for that company to do busines, so they are not making what you think they are even making off of you. If you want the full amount, then go try and start your own business and bill yourself out at whatever you want. Oh by the way, while you're working, who's out there marketing and building business so you have somewhere to go when the conract is up for your new company?

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From: Gary Turner [mailto:GaryT@triadgroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:12 AM To: 'Andrew Cowan'; 'mlh@zip.com.au'
Cc: 'securityjobs@securityfocus.com'
Subject: RE: What is a reasonable cut that a contracting company should ta ke?

I find it interesting that some people find it so easy to describe human beings who work for a living in a legal endeavor, as pimps. What is the definition of a pimp anyway? Someone who coordinates the selling of useful human resource services? If the services are illegal does that make them a pimp? Or does this term apply to all of us? When we market ourselves for work for hire, do we then become auto-pimps? Do we become pimps when when we exceed a profit margin of 20% over costs? Can't it be as simple as shopping for the best rate and making an intelligent decision, rather than slandering people? And are we all naive enough to think that top execs at ALL companies don't play golf? It's the way the world works folks! Different jobs involve different types of activities that are required for success. No one has a gun to anyone's head forcing them to work for a particular company or with a particular person. Rather than be derogatory, if someone thinks ill of a person, company or industry, perhaps they should exercise their intelligence and find work in an industry where they don't have to deal with "pimps" and people who play golf.

Gary Turner

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From: Andrew Cowan [mailto:acowan@magma.ca] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:56 AM To: mlh@zip.com.au; Brian Cahill
Cc: securityjobs@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: What is a reasonable cut that a contracting company should take?

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Around here (Ottawa, Canada) the average is 20%. If you found the job yourself you might
be able to get the cut down to 10%. If you can shop around, do it. Just remeber that the
per centage isn't everything. Look at how fast the pimp is going to pay you and whether
you are stuck with them (non-compete).

A
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On Dec 17, mlh@zip.com.au wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:54:53PM -0500, Brian Cahill wrote:
reasonable
> > cut that I should expect the contracting company to take?
Received on Tue Dec 17 17:44:08 2002