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Machiavellian on 18 October 2022
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KLXVER said:
Machiavellian said:

Probably because specialist always gets paid better than your average wage.  This is pretty much standard especially in contracting work.  You are paying for the expertise of the person and their ability to produce a high end product or service.  I have worked a number of consulting jobs and you are always paid at a much higher wage then the employees working at the company.  If you do not understand the business I believe you should do some research on the subject instead of just believing that what you believe is fare is how the industry works.  

I will say that depending on the work you do usually depends on the hourly wage.  There have been a number of situations I was only paid 70 bucks an hour and for the same job I was paid 450.  Each situation was represented on how important my work was to the specific project.  

The main issue I see here is the flat rate.  It speaks volumes that something was not right.  Anytime a client is trying to get you to sign a flat rate especially if its low means its going to be a nightmare project.

Well please explain to me why Helena deserves more than your average VA then?

Why would I need to explain something I never made a case about. None of us know if 4K flat fee for the work she will need to do is actually acceptable based on the character she portrays and the amount of work she will need to do to do for the job.  Context is very key in my statement as I stated, getting offered a flat fee for this work is suspect.  Majority of contractors shy away from flat fee jobs because unless the flat fee is way above what the work would require then you feel its worth the risk just in case the project goes south and most times all projects go south.  Flat fee contracts mean if they add additional work or you take additional days you do not get compensated and you could end up losing a lot of money in the process.

Also, I am arguing your claim what is a reasonable wage for a VA since you nor I really have a clue what that is.  Just because you believe 250/hr is a lot does not mean for this type of work that it is.  I am sure with any contract work there are plenty of variables that comes into play who get top money and who do not.