African tech workers push back on U.S. startup built to help them

Re:African tech workers push back on U.S. startup built to h... by prepend on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:13PM (#23787458)

Isn’t 1/3 higher than most offshore body shops? Last firm I used was a few years ago and our gross rate was $45 with devs getting between $4-12.

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Re:African tech workers push back on U.S. startup built to h... by jake_morrison on Thursday July 09, 2020 @11:46PM (#23787938)

Ratio of bill rate to salary of 2.5 to 3.5 is pretty typical in consulting companies. Billing has to cover lots of things, e.g. training, utilization, supervisors, sales, office, computers, accounting, etc. I expect they have particularly high overhead relative to the costs of labor in Africa.

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Re:African tech workers push back on U.S. startup built to h... by robjan on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:36PM (#23787599)

Even onshore it's about going rate for most of the consulting firms. The 200% markup pays for holiday, sick pay, insurance, CPD, office space and time on the bench

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