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Or "Just the FAQS, ma'am..." Why a team? What if I just want one of you? Are you available individually? We prefer available as a team for the client’s benefit. A team approach provides you with lower ramp-up times, and allows you to skip the time-consuming (but crucial) team-building efforts, and, as a result, your projects become productive sooner. A team approach also allows us to keep our per diem and relocation costs to a minimum. We pass these lower costs on to you thru our rates. Why are your rates so high? Why are your rates so low? The quoted rate is a basis assuming a moderate length-contract near our extended families (Nevada and Southern California). Our fixed-bid and remote-consulting efforts are project-based and vary widely. Our rates are fairly low but may increase due to market pressure and the higher cost of living. Our rates include our per diems and our relocation expenses. Because we work exclusively on a corp-to-corp basis, there are no extra fees like the ones associated with employees such as benefits, vacations, relo packages, etc. How do you work? Would you consider contract employment, contract-to-hire, direct? We work on a corp-to-corp basis. If you wish to consider us 1099, feel free to send us that form. (It's not necessary but some AP systems are functionally limited. We understand and make allowances for that.) We prefer the independence of being outside contractors. We feel it provides us with greater objectivity than we would have as employees of the client firm. Although we are flattered by job offers from our clients, we do not accept permanent positions with consulting firms or clients. We contract directly with clients as well as work with brokers and contracting firms. We work fixed-bid, fixed-rate, and staged implementation contracts. Tell us what you need and let us see what we can work out. Are you willing to send individual resumes? Individual rates? We can provide individual resumes, but prefer not to. For us, the use of a group resume saves file space. Each resume would end up saying (pretty much) the same thing. If you really, really need separate resumes, we can send you some. Just be sure to explain to your company the reasons for the similarities! However, we are still a group. As for individual rates, you may divide our group rate by 3 if you wish. If you truly need the breakdown of our rates, please contact us privately. Are you US nationals? H1-B's? Do you need sponsoring? We and our corporation are US nationals. On our non-US contracts,we will gratefully accept assistance with visa and permit issues. Are you willing to relocate? Remote-consult? We are willing to consider relocating and remote-consulting anywhere! Naturally, the location and situation will influence our decision and our rates. Would you be willing to meet for an in-person interview? Do you do phone interviews? We prefer phone interviews. It saves us and you a significant amount of time and effort. Unless the site is close to our current project site, we rarely do in-person interviews. After the phone interview(s), all parties can determine if there is any interest in furthering the relationship. What is the minimum length contract your team will consider? If the project requires relocation, our minimum length is 6 months. If the contract is a remote-consulting one, then our minimum length is 6 weeks. Fixed-bid contracts vary too much for a generic minimum length rule. What if the project requires more than three people? We are scalable! We have other professionals who are willing to work under our corporation. We add them to our team as their specialties are needed. We are also willing to supervise project team members provided by you and/or the consulting firms. What about after the contract? After hours? Emergencies? After the contract we may be available as part of a support agreement. After-hours and emergency support are also available as add-on support agreements. We are here to serve! Tell us what you need and we will tell you what it costs. What about kudos? Awards? Recognition? We love those! Tell us which awards you are looking for and we'll see what we can do. Want to win an award in your field? Tell us which one and the ground rules for the competition. Want a write-up in your industry's journal? Whatever it is, we are happy to help. Now if you are offering to reward us, that is even better! We are happy to receive referrals, recommendations, testimonials, bonuses, back pats, warm fuzzies... Isn't there a lot of overlap in your specialties? Why don't all of you have the same title? There is significant overlap in our skills and abilities. The built-in redundancies are a safety measure for our clients. We all respect Murphy's Law well enough to expect the unexpected. The titles are fairly flexible. We emphasize our interests and specialties but we are all parts of a team. At the client site, we will accept new designations as needed to better help them. Whether you call us IC's, vendor service suppliers, or MTS-III's, we are still here to serve our clients. Oops! This page is HUGE and there’s still for FAQ’s for you! So click on the link below to continue. |
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FireHorse Inc. 5190 Neil Road Suite 430 Reno, NV 89502 |
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