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Employers who laid off workers citing AI are already starting to regret it (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Generally consultants on short-medium length contracts cost 3-5x hourly rate of FTEs, for long-term contracts it's usually around 2x, at least in the industries I've worked in. You'd be low balling yourself by only asking for a 50% increase for contract work.