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agent just offered me more money than I asked for :)

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    agent just offered me more money than I asked for :)

    ... just got off the phone with a pimpette , she is putting me up for a role on jobserve for a project I know is a real one, she asks me rate, I tell her £x per day, she says they can pay me x + 25 per day!?? Why would she do that?

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    Originally posted by hgllgh View Post
    ... just got off the phone with a pimpette , she is putting me up for a role on jobserve for a project I know is a real one, she asks me rate, I tell her £x per day, she says they can pay me x + 25 per day!?? Why would she do that?
    fixed rate margin the more you can get from the client the more they get.
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #3
      congrats

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        #4
        Or being cynical - maybe the agent has another contractor they can place at a lower day rate to the client, i.e. making a higher margin for themselves, so they want to make you a less attractive bet to their client.

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          #5
          Originally posted by aoxomoxoa View Post
          Or being cynical - maybe the agent has another contractor they can place at a lower day rate to the client, i.e. making a higher margin for themselves, so they want to make you a less attractive bet to their client.
          Surely not......!
          latest-and-greatest solution (TM) kevpuk 2013

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            #6
            Contracting : Business with in Business !!

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              #7
              Originally posted by hgllgh View Post
              ... just got off the phone with a pimpette , she is putting me up for a role on jobserve for a project I know is a real one, she asks me rate, I tell her £x per day, she says they can pay me x + 25 per day!?? Why would she do that?
              I spoke to similar on Monday for a role in Cov. She said she'd put me in at 25 quid a day more than I asked for AND she told me their margin up front

              Sadly, that's as far as it got. Not that bothered as Cov's a flipping long way from home.
              I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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