Progressive Recruitment - Experiences

[DocP]

Anyone dealt with these guys? What sort of cut do they work on?

[fckvwls]

Anyone dealt with these guys?

Nope. You're the first

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[NotAllThere]

33% mark up.

On my "don't deal with" list.

[rootsnall]

Anyone dealt with these guys? What sort of cut do they work on?

Part of the lovely S3 group so treat them with caution. However I didn't have any problems with them except the odd squabble and they paid promptly.

In my game they take 20% unless you haggle hard.

[DocP]

High Margin

Yeah, my view is that they always work on a high margin. However they have another agency competing. So they get nothing if I walk.

[rootsnall]

Yeah, my view is that they always work on a high margin. However they have another agency competing. So they get nothing if I walk.

I think all their agents are trained to play hardball with contractors but I think they will negotiate if required. It is one of the agencies were I asked them to quote their margin in writing ( ie. an email ) before haggling over my eventual rate. They did and it was the correct margin when I later checked it.

[conned tractor]

I tend to refer to them as aggressive rather than progressive.

[Mephisto]

I tend to refer to them as aggressive rather than progressive.

Oh no I'm currently waiting on the possibility of a gig with these, although the rate HAS been agreed and I'm pretty happy with it.

Actually I'm now at the point where I consider minimum wage as something to be pretty happy about and it certainly beats dole.

[scooterscot]

They've often contacted me. Every time the rates are way below what I would expect. The enquiries/e-mails usually end up the trash bucket.