Re: SUMMARY: another newbie, etc...

[Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

<Christine -dot- Anameier -at- seagate -dot- com> wrote...

> I hope US agencies work that way; do they? I guess since the rates
charged
> to the client are shrouded in mystery (in my experience), I've assumed
that
> the client companies are equally in-the-dark about the rates paid to
> contractors. I've signed contracts where I was expressly forbidden from
> talking rates with anybody at the client company.

Generally, the client does not know the margin. Although, this information
does not remain secret for long. 

This normal if you consider that you have no idea what the wholesale price
is on most goods and services you purchase. Likewise, the wholesaler has
no idea what the retailer charges customers.

Agencies work the same way. They retail labor to companies paying
wholesale prices to the suppliers (you). Charging them one price and
paying a different price. Without the margin, the agency would not
survive. 

Andrew Plato 

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