Re: Subcontractors and billing

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Jeff.
I haven't been in that particular position myself yet (needing to hire an
additional writer under my own aegis), however, from looking at what some of
the companies do for whom I've worked/contracted, they bill the client for
"project management" time at a greatly increased rate (on the order of
150/hour based on your rates below) which includes managing yourself and the
second writer from a doc department management perspective.

Most contract houses take at least 15% off the rate they charge the client,
and its for administrative stuff only (like filing with the IRS and issuing
the subcontractor a paycheck independently of when the client pays them).

Regards,
Wendy

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Jeff Jansen <jeff2 -dot- 0 -at- modestsystems -dot- com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a freelance self-employed tech writer. I'm considering hiring a
> subcontractor (more junior than I) to work on a project, but I've never
> hired a subcontractor before. I'm wondering how those of you who have done
> this handle the hourly billing arrangement with both the sub and the
> client.
> Let's say I bill the client for my time at $75/hr. If I pay my sub $50/hr,
> would you bill that time to the client at $50, and then directly bill your
> time reviewing the work and managing the sub at $75? Or would you bill all
> the sub's time at $75, and then let your review and management time come
> out
> of the $25/hr difference, without billing your actual hours doing that
> particular work? Does anyone use any other scenario that works for them?
>
> TIA,
> Jeff Jansen  :  Portland, Oregon  :  USA
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