Pimp says the market is buoyant!

[MPwannadecentincome]

Cheers for the congrats.

Having said all that, the agent wasn't very happy putting me forward at the rate I requested (£550-£600) per day, as he said he had already put other people forward at "£400 per day, as they wanted to work." Cheeky b'stard. His comment annoyed me so much I absolutely stuck to my rate demands. As it turned out, the client were prepared to pay the right money for the right candidate, so all this talk of "the client will only pay £xxx" from the agents (and clients, for that matter) is pure BS when push comes to shove.

Nomadd

I'm fighting the same battle now - though my rate is not as high as yours - just found myself (partly) DOOMED back onto part-time work winding down to nothing in December and I've been looking for a replacement role since September. There is a bit more to apply for but not even getting an interview. All possible direct leads have dried up. My rate is going to have to drop soon as I have £12K debts now.

[hgllgh]

just had a pimp call me up trying to pimp me out at £200 a day the pimping mother pimper

at those sort of rates we may as well all go back to being permies

[juststarting]

Agents are trained to be optimistic. If the Russians dropped a nuke on the UK they would ring you up and say how wonderfully warm the weather is.

(off topic ) You should apply for a job with G W Bush. Oh no wait... he is gone now.