Agencies Lie

[WTFH]

Update
Became "friends" with the end client on Linkedin sent him a message explaining the situation. 10 minutes later agent calls, accusing me of being unprofessional, contacting the end client directly, told him he was unprofessional in the first place advertising the job at a too high rate and sending me there in the expectation I was going for a higher rate and hung up.

Got another offer on the table, which has other issues (see my post in the opt out thread)

Name the agent.

[SlipTheJab]

I see it the other way round.

If you're the right person for the role and the client might think they're losing you because you're the one being the @rse, then you've set the record straight.

+1 EXACTLY.

[SlipTheJab]

Update
Became "friends" with the end client on Linkedin sent him a message explaining the situation. 10 minutes later agent calls, accusing me of being unprofessional, contacting the end client directly, told him he was unprofessional in the first place advertising the job at a too high rate and sending me there in the expectation I was going for a higher rate and hung up.

Got another offer on the table, which has other issues (see my post in the opt out thread)

And we all know the next time the pimp thinks he can make a tenner out of you he'll be on the phone acting as your best mate once again, whose this John Wayne character?

[psychocandy]

About 12 years ago I was contacted by an agency about a perm role. They were struggling to get people in for interviews and were the sole supplier for the company. Agent asked me if I was interested in going for it, I said yes and let them know that I'd expect around £60-65k (given the role description, that was about market rate). They said that was OK and put me forward.
First interview I breezed through.
A few days later the agent phoned and said they liked me. Agent wanted to know why they liked me so much, I said it was because the agent's job description wasn't what they were looking for, but they needed a different skill set that the agent didn't normally deal with.
Second interview involved the client flying the CIO over from the US to interview 2 of us.
Breezed through that too.
Next day the agent phones to say they would like to make me an offer... £35k


A bit of a row ensued where I said "all along I told you 60-65 and you said yes".
They increased their offer to 37.5


Total waste of my time and the client's.

Yep. Have had similar but with contract.

Had one where I went for interview then agent said they'd like to offer it you but its changed slightly. Turned out to be a FTC 6 months pro-rata £30K. Not the tidy contract rate.

Pretty sure it never was a proper contract and agent knew damn well he was up against it trying to get someone to work there for six months for what amounted to not a lot over £100 a day paid as PAYE. So a bit of lying was necessary.

Like the interview I went to once in West London where agent swore blind it was working in a new office in Bristol. First question - so I guess you'd relocate? end of interview. Agent admitted afterwards he thought I'd like the job so much I'd change my mind about living in London. Twat.

[psychocandy]

Update
Became "friends" with the end client on Linkedin sent him a message explaining the situation. 10 minutes later agent calls, accusing me of being unprofessional, contacting the end client directly, told him he was unprofessional in the first place advertising the job at a too high rate and sending me there in the expectation I was going for a higher rate and hung up.

Got another offer on the table, which has other issues (see my post in the opt out thread)

Nice. Agent caught with his hands in your pants and doesnt like it because hes been caught out more likely.

[SlipTheJab]

Nice. Agent caught with his hands in your pants and doesnt like it because hes been caught out more likely.

Hands in the till I think you'll find, you have such a way with words PC!

[LondonManc]

Nice. Agent caught with his hands in your pants and doesnt like it because hes been caught out more likely.

PC, we don't know that yet. Eirikur has yet to confirm whether agent was trying it on with end-client in the good old, "look what you could have for an extra £100" gambit. Mine was similar to that at Bradford. I felt like I was interviewed so the client could see what extra he'd get for £350 rather than £250 then got told by his boss "tough tulip, I've told you what the budget is."

[psychocandy]

Hands in the till I think you'll find, you have such a way with words PC!

Hands in your pants is worse!

[psychocandy]

PC, we don't know that yet. Eirikur has yet to confirm whether agent was trying it on with end-client in the good old, "look what you could have for an extra £100" gambit. Mine was similar to that at Bradford. I felt like I was interviewed so the client could see what extra he'd get for £350 rather than £250 then got told by his boss "tough tulip, I've told you what the budget is."

Yes this is true.

Went for perm interview once decades ago and after 20 mins the guy said "Look we can't afford the salary you want but we just wanted to see what sort of people were out there". Cheers for wasting my time like!

[northernladuk]

Yes this is true.

Went for perm interview once decades ago and after 20 mins the guy said "Look we can't afford the salary you want but we just wanted to see what sort of people were out there". Cheers for wasting my time like!

Thanks for that. Really interesting.