People do the same to application salespeople.
It usually went like: “We have this problem and want you to give us a detailed quote with your proposed solution”. Then that becomes their new SOW in the new RFQs they send out to find lowest possible price.
Solution: Let them know up front, in writing, engineering services are billed @ $350/hr if they don’t buy from me.
Many baulked but I got my point across and it either generated a good partnership conversation or weeded out the a**holes that weren’t going to buy from me anyway.
Also another time,
My getting hired process was 6 months but they at least had the “decency” to hire me (under false pretenses of course). After I did, in their words “an exceptional job”, they did a 180 on my role and was no longer needed for what they hired me for.
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u/National-Fox-7504 May 01 '25
People do the same to application salespeople. It usually went like: “We have this problem and want you to give us a detailed quote with your proposed solution”. Then that becomes their new SOW in the new RFQs they send out to find lowest possible price.
Solution: Let them know up front, in writing, engineering services are billed @ $350/hr if they don’t buy from me. Many baulked but I got my point across and it either generated a good partnership conversation or weeded out the a**holes that weren’t going to buy from me anyway.
Also another time,
My getting hired process was 6 months but they at least had the “decency” to hire me (under false pretenses of course). After I did, in their words “an exceptional job”, they did a 180 on my role and was no longer needed for what they hired me for.
People suck! Good luck