....last night.
An older sounding gentleman, who began his pitch with "Now, I'm so pleased to have got in touch with you - I think I have an ideal role for you, especially seeing as you're a female".
I laughed slightly disbelievingly and asked had he found me a cleaning role?
No, no. He was quick to reassure me that it was a role working alongside a female Prog Director, and he felt there would be a "lovely synergy about it" if I were to be successful in the role.
He attempted to explain the role to me, but clearly had no idea what it actually involved. I began to suspect it was a bit senior for me, and said as much - but he insisted on sending me the spec.
The spec confirmed that the role was not for me, and as it was the client version, it also confirmed that "any contract resource will be replaced as soon as possible with permanent resource", contradicting somewhat with his statement that this "is a really nice long contract. We could be talking two years here".
Why lie? I don't want to be somewhere for two years, I'm not permy!
I replied to his email and confirmed that it wasn't for me. I also advised that he might want to remove the client's notes should he be sending it on to any other contractors.
He has called me again this morning. To ask for advice on how to spec the role.
Seriously.
I asked what cut of the margin I could expect - he seemed oddly baffled by my amusement.
An older sounding gentleman, who began his pitch with "Now, I'm so pleased to have got in touch with you - I think I have an ideal role for you, especially seeing as you're a female".
I laughed slightly disbelievingly and asked had he found me a cleaning role?
No, no. He was quick to reassure me that it was a role working alongside a female Prog Director, and he felt there would be a "lovely synergy about it" if I were to be successful in the role.
He attempted to explain the role to me, but clearly had no idea what it actually involved. I began to suspect it was a bit senior for me, and said as much - but he insisted on sending me the spec.
The spec confirmed that the role was not for me, and as it was the client version, it also confirmed that "any contract resource will be replaced as soon as possible with permanent resource", contradicting somewhat with his statement that this "is a really nice long contract. We could be talking two years here".
Why lie? I don't want to be somewhere for two years, I'm not permy!
I replied to his email and confirmed that it wasn't for me. I also advised that he might want to remove the client's notes should he be sending it on to any other contractors.
He has called me again this morning. To ask for advice on how to spec the role.
Seriously.
I asked what cut of the margin I could expect - he seemed oddly baffled by my amusement.
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