It occurs to me that I'm extremely good at my job, but, in common with many other contractors, I'm pretty poor at negotiation.
What would be fairly good would be someone who, for a fee, or a percentage, would negotiate for us. It's supposed to be the agency, but seeing as we often don't know the clients rate, they're usually somewhat less transparent than, say, 20 lightyears thickness of lead.
The only difficulty is - how would we know that they'd got a better rate for us?
otoh, we often find out the agents mark up during the course of our negotiations, so perhaps that would be time?
What would be fairly good would be someone who, for a fee, or a percentage, would negotiate for us. It's supposed to be the agency, but seeing as we often don't know the clients rate, they're usually somewhat less transparent than, say, 20 lightyears thickness of lead.
The only difficulty is - how would we know that they'd got a better rate for us?
otoh, we often find out the agents mark up during the course of our negotiations, so perhaps that would be time?
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