J. Timothy King’s Blog

Here’s Why It’s Good For a Consultant to Tell the Employees How Much He Makes

I swear I had decided to write this before reading Pam Slim’s latest post about earning more by working less. But her thoughts dovetail so perfectly with mine.

Recently, the hiring manager at a client company reluctantly agreed to my rate. But he asked me please not to say anything to the other people on the team, because there are some working for a third that. It’s a great feeling, by the way, if it’s never happened to you. (A third? You couldn’t get me to sneeze for that much.) I had no objection to keeping my rate secret, since it is standard procedure. But that got me to thinking.

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