Indexation daily rate: do you ask for it?
As the cost of daily life increases, employees in Belgium can profit of the automatic indexation of their salary.
Freelancers do not, unless they request and obtain it themselves.
Short story : I used to be an account manager selling profiles/resources (purely bodyshopping) for a big player in IT. Freelancers made about 50% of the pool of resources working for my portfolio.
We were instructed to categorically refuse all indexation requests from freelancers to protect our margin unless we were put into a position where the freelancer threatened to leave.
Do you ask for indexation of your daily rate ?
If so, when and what percentage?
Life today is much more expensive than a year ago. Isn’t it normal that our daily rates should reflect that?
What do you say when your customer/recruitment agency refuses ?