[Info-vax] HP contract paying a whopping $55/hr on-site in Irvine CA

[seasoned_geek]

On Dec 1, 1:02 pm, FrankS <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
> On Dec 1, 12:27 pm, Marty Kuhrt <ma... at spamloop.kuhrt.net> wrote:
>
> > They offer $50/hr, which
> > means BBBP is probably getting $75, and HP is getting $100/hr.
>
> I vaguely remember HP's list price is something like $250+/hr for
> consulting services.  I think I saw $150/hr from them on a NY State
> contract.  It would be really unusual if they were only charging $100/
> hr.
>
> And certainly, the more middlemen there are then the lower the rate
> which will be offered to you.

Lest you forget, not only does HP have the bottom feeder OS of the
industry (UX), it purchased the absolute bottom feeder in consulting
services EDS.  This is a company which specialized in bringing workers
over on tourist visas and paying them through an off-shore entity.

This is the same billing rate Verizon Wireless sends out for _all_ of
its IT positions no matter what location in the country.  Every 6-8
weeks there is another rash of non-English speaking "agents" who are
all on the Addeco vendor mangling system calling the same 30 people
across the country and finding out the billing rate they have to offer
is less than 1/3 market rate.  Since Verizon has both government and
military contracts (same as HP) it is actually a federal crime to pay
less than prevailing wage as determined by the DOL.