I'm not taking about hiring senior experts in their field. I'm taking about working with someone who repeatedly moves materials through a long established proc

I'm not taking about hiring senior experts in their field. I'm taking about working with someone who repeatedly moves materials through a long established process. It can be arduous and unpleasant and rarely pays very much. We can debate the ethics of all that, but it's not reasonable IMO to pay pennies and charge 40x.