>It's all 100% about company selection.

I found the more I got paid the better I was treated. I had one client I was doing work for under my previous employment. When I left I charged triple what my previous employer had been charging. Not only did they not bat an eyelid about the price but they started treating me better as well.

The worst customers were those working on slim margins, for a while I was doing a lot of work for component distributors. They were terrible to work for.