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 -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Cowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Brian Cahill Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What is a reasonable cut that a contracting company should take? Howdy folks, 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 --End of Blather-- This is the Panic Office - Section 917 may have been hit. On Dec 17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:54:53PM -0500, Brian Cahill wrote: > > > > I am submitting myself on a security project via a contracting company. > > > > They will take a piece of the hourly rate. With that, what is a reasonable > > cut that I should expect the contracting company to take? > > Reasonable or typical? Because they're not the same thing :-) > > Typically, I think the answer is somewhere between 15% and 80% > > 15% if you got the job yourself and they're just doing the paperwork. > > Up to 80% if they're some <hugecompany> who are able to keep > the total charge secret from you and able to spend it entertaining > the senior execs at the golf course. > > Matt >
