retainer

This is one of the reasons that I think software engineers should, in certain cases, work on retainer.

Often time I use this as a segue with a customer to discuss retainer billing models.

This duty continues despite the end of the retainer and even after the death of the client.

Don't bother dangling equity, just pay their rate like you would an attorney - retainer + hourly.

Customers that need sporadic work like this are probably far better served by retainer arrangements.

I'm surprised retainer arrangements didn't get more discussion here, since that was pretty important to my cashflow when I freelanced.

If I had a dime for every time they told me that I should consult "my attorney", I may have actually had enough dimes to afford one. I finally did ask, "do you actually talk to middle class people like myself that keep attorneys and accountants on retainer?

During the last big budget mess, congress played fast and loose with a lot of stuff, but were able to agree very early into that mess to continue paying the "retainer" for the military's loyalty.

While it obviously appears to shorten the brushing time, it also looks like it would be much harder to keep the device itself clean - everyone who has had a retainer or other removable dental device could likely attest to this.

The retainer arrangement allows developers to guarantee availability of a certain number of hours per month to the client, and in return, establishes some baseline reliable revenue.