I like the High-Brid aproach, go 1099 through a Remedy Partner. This gives you some freedom and the ability to build solid relationships. It can be very hard to find a firm to go through that isnt trying to gte a huge margin on the deal or try to make you wait 30 days. I had 1 company think there was nothing wrong with a $100.00/hr margin to the firm. I had another want $50.00/hr and didnt want to pay till the company paid. All the firm does is payroll and they get $2000.00 a week. Think for that kind of margin they can fron the cash.
Just my 2 cents. On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:01:50 -0500, Timothy Button wrote > Well....I do, and have been doing for around 11 years. I have worked > both ways and I have found that working freelance with companies > provides 2 obstacles: > > 1. You have to find your own work. This is not a big deal. The more > work you do for different customers, the more referrals and > reputation you will gain. > 2. Pay. Do yourself a favor and sign a W2 Contract through a firm. Customers > pay the Firm, and the Firm pays you regularly, with your taxes taken > care of. A lot of companies have really long pay schedule, so unless > you want to get paid Net 90, let a firm take a percentage to arrange > and manage the contract and your pay. I have worked projects where > 25% of my time was spent attempting to collect payment. Work a > little longer hours to make up for what you loose in peace of mind > from a firm. > > One thing you need to be very mindful of is that as a freelance > consultant, you are responsible for Marketing and Promoting > yourself. You are only as good as your list of references. Another > downside is that things follow you when you do this type of work. If > you work on a high-profile project that goes poorly for whatever > reason, the outcome of the project will follow you for a long time. > If you already have a shaky reputation, you might find it difficult > in this line of work to recover it. Everyone in this forum can > reference a few people whose continued participation in this field > of work baffle us, but we do nothing to disparage that person > publicly; so, it might be a good idea to obtain some self-assessment > or peer assessment before diving into this head-first. > > The final step in this process is a serious introspection on weather > you have the personal or professional skills to be deemed an > "Expert" by customers. When I look back to when I started doing this, > I was 23 years old. I did know my stuff, but I am astonished anyone > listened to me much less hire me in a "Consultant" role; just > because of my lack of overall work experience at the time. > > By the way......You have to build up a lot of trust with a lot of customers > before "Remote Work" is an option. Examples: One guy I met has 5 different > people signed to "Remote" projects where they show up on the conference > calls while he does the work. ALWAYS GETS CAUGHT. Another example is > a guy who works on a remote project as he travels around the US on > his own version of a beer drinking tour. People like this RUINED > remote work a few years ago. > > Timothy Button > Remedy Systems Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Ames > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:05 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Freelance vs Consulting Firm > > ** > Is anyone here doing Freelance Remedy consulting rather than working > for a Consulting Firm? What I mean by that is: You take on Remedy > jobs in your own name as a one person shop either on site or remotely. > > Upsides? Downsides? Realistic? > > __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with > HTML in it___ > > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
