Are we being sold short?

I understand this may be a misinterpretation on my part - exchange rate falls heavily on one side here, and when converting from dollars to sterling things seem really cheap over here. But while browsing through freelance websites I can’t help but notice that these projects are really badly paid. For example, a $250 budget for a complete member system user levels and document sharing really doesn’t seem a whole lot. There’s a few days work there and spread out over say 3 days (including testing and enhancement requests) it works out at just over $10 an hour. WIthout seeming ungrateful, this is actually less than I’d get working in McDonald’s back home.

So what gives? Are freelancers just really badly paid over here, or are companies just trying to take advantage of desperate contractors? Back home I make an average of $50-60 an hour. Something ‘aint right.

June 4, 2007 | Filed Under ramblings 

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