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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus
I'll go first.
Dear Cellar,
An independent engineering consultant that I've worked on a project with for a few years made me this offer: If I refer any new work to him, he'll send 10% of any money he makes from that job back to me as a referral fee. That means, since he makes $150/hr, that I would get $15 for each hour that he works on that project, for doing essentially nothing.
Do you feel that this is ethical?
Signed HLJ
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Dear HLJ,
In the contracting world, not only is this
not unethical...it is standard practice and highly beneficial to you. Your world, just optimized. I'm really surprised that you have been referring clients for free...but hey..just do it. You may also do that when you need work from people that are over-loaded and bogged down, or...they hate that client (want to fire their client for personal reasons) but don't want to just give them away. So they give them to someone known for a referral fee. Oh and...this is not illegal if you were wondering. We have an entire dept. based on all the referrals here, so it is someones job to facillitate and keep track of all of them.
Signed,
The Cellar Cicero
ps...I would just wait for the whole job to finish and cut from the net instead of money per hour.