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Originally Posted by Ric Willmot  Pricing by the hour is, in my opinion unethical, or at least inappropriate to the clients' best interests.
What is in the client's best interest?
To get the work done as well as possible in the least amount of time. |
What I think is unethical is to have an agreement in place where all parties agree and then reneg once the work is complete and the invoice is sent.
Getting the work done as well as possible in the least amount of time is not exclusive of the hourly rate system.
I agree with some aspects of what you are saying, set monthly fees etc do assist the client in managing the cash flow and ROI.
But to say hourly rate work is unethical means you are stating that a fair chunk of businesses trading today are unethical when most are hard working and will bend over backwards to help their clients, however they still want to get paid.