Sounds about right to me too, and the particulars certainly matter -- like, are you assigned to the company paying for your hours full-time and without a specif

Sounds about right to me too, and the particulars certainly matter -- like, are you assigned to the company paying for your hours full-time and without a specific end date? If not, then of course part of that hourly rate is compensating for downtime or uncertainty in the billed hours.