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Since you are a new contractor, the only way to
protect yourself from this type of situation is to not
take an assignment with that many pitfalls until you
gain enough scars to know that you have a "toolbox"
full of unconventional solutions.
Do you remember the response I wrote that said that
there must have been a reason why they handed you that
deadline since nobody in their right mind plans for
it? Well, you found the reason.
> significant $ in the
> process. How do you, as contractors, protect
> yourself against this? Is
> it possible to require a client to agree to, say, a
> minimum of 40 hours
> a week for two weeks? How do you handle such
> situations?
>
> Thanks for your help.
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com
732-594-0873
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