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Discussion Thread 🐥 Thursday 5 February 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Meeting with the place I do contract work for just finished. I asked for a bigger fee % for most types of projects I handle for them, plus now was the time to go for it with their resource shortages. I was pretty nervous about this meeting, but prepared and I made my case. Now I wait to hear what they say. If they say no, then I'll just pick up less new projects and they can deal with the resource shortfall themselves. It's not going to become my problem when they don't incentivise me.

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I hope it works out. For what it's worth, I think you did the right thing.