Negotiating a contract tomorrow (yes, on a Sunday). Pay is by the day and they want me to start on Monday. I put together a salary number with a recruiter but due to an immediate need they're giving me a contract with the intent of eventually hiring me on full time. How do I negotiate said contract within this context?

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Is this in tech?

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No - still consulting

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I’ll mark up the full time pay by a reasonable factor and prorate it to a daily pay

Well yeah, but what's a reasonable mark up?

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Daily salary * 1.5 (to account for tax hit, healthcare costs, and no bonus) divided by 0.6 (to account for utilization and time between gigs).

Adjust based on your circumstances but 2-3x salary is reasonable.

A temp agency will typically charge 30-40% above cost as their margin to run the business + a bit of profit. If you are selling consulting services, I agree with at least 2X salary. Perhaps another way to look at this is many boutique firms (non-strategy) charge $80-$150 based on expertise needed by the client, level of experience desired, etc. I don’t see $200/hr as expensive if you have a nice value prop. I’d guess Big 4 these days try to avg. ~ $300/hr blended.

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