Neck...intact.

[zcapr17]

Hi all,

I've been a lurker on CUK for a year or so now, but finally plucked up the courage to post and thought I would share some good news.

I took a new contract three months ago. Rate was slightly down on my previous contract but I took it all the same.

The contract recently came up for renewal and the client was keen to keep me on. Stuck my neck on the line and asked for a 25% rate increase, fully expecting some hard ball negotiation with the agent.

They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".

Obviously, I am rather pleased with myself, however it does make me think that the current downward pressure on rates is mainly down to agents taking the piss with their margins and that the underlying rates that clients are paying haven't dropped anywhere near as much.

Z

[RichardCranium]

Hi all, I've been a lurker on CUK for a year or so now, but finally plucked up the courage to post

and thought I would share some good news.

asked for a 25% rate increase

They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".

Obviously, I am rather pleased with myself

it does make me think that the current downward pressure on rates is mainly down to agents taking the piss with their margins and that the underlying rates that clients are paying haven't dropped anywhere near as much.

[pmeswani]

You are a man of many words. Keep it up and you may just win the CUK annual prize for the best poster award.

[nomadd]

Hi all,

Stuck my neck on the line and asked for a 25% rate increase, fully expecting some hard ball negotiation with the agent.

They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".

Z

How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.

Now you rate - hopefully - has been normallised.

Nommad.

[max]

How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.

Apparently not just for the last 3 months:

Rate was slightly down on my previous contract but I took it all the same.

So what do you do, and how much do they pay you zcapr17?

[zcapr17]

How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.

Now you rate - hopefully - has been normallised.

Nommad.

Yes, at the time, I knew I was being shafted. However, I had half a dozen leads but this was the only one that got anywhere near to interview stage. It was a case of take it or more than likely spend the next 3-6 months on the bench.

My thinking was, get a foot in the door, then hold out for a fairer rate on first renewal. In three months I've become more valuable to the client, I'm a 'known quantity' and I know their environment. I also got chance to feel out the contracting micro-market with this particular client...knowledge is power as they say.

Z

[HeadOfTesting]

My thinking was, get a foot in the door, then hold out for a fairer rate on first renewal. In three months I've become more valuable to the client, I'm a 'known quantity' and I know their environment. I also got chance to feel out the contracting micro-market with this particular client...knowledge is power as they say.

Z

you did the right thing imo

[cojak]

you did the right thing imo

WHS.

It's tough out there - you do what you need to do.