Exposing recruitment agency tactics / tricks, part 1

[cojak]

They won't when some desperate guy is already lined up who'll work for less.

The exact same thing happened to me - I got the day rate I wanted.

[masonryan]

The exact same thing happened to me - I got the day rate I wanted.

well if you ask for peanuts they will give you some

[cojak]

well if you ask for peanuts they will give you some

You are a whipper snapper, aren't you?

[northernladuk]

They won't when some desperate guy is already lined up who'll work for less.

Do we assume this is Cojak's sockie as it hasn't either been banned or moved to general, or even better both.

[cojak]

Do we assume this is Cojak's sockie as it hasn't either been banned or moved to general, or even better both.

No, I'm amused. It's a bit like a chihuahua snapping at your ankles.

[northernladuk]

No, I'm amused. It's a bit like a chihuahua snapping at your ankles.

I had him more like a Weimaraner running headlong in to things without a clue what it was doing.

[cojak]

But I do have other things to do now and so will have to stomp on the pup.

[MyUserName]

They won't when some desperate guy is already lined up who'll work for less.

Depends how much you impress them. They could get a refugee from Somalia doing the job for nothing and living on the streets if cost is all they cared about.

It is a balance of value for money. I can charge more than some and still get contracts because I can show why I'm worth it.

If you are going to get upset about agents potentially lying to you then I am at a loss.

I call bulltulip on this thread.

[malvolio]

You mean your job consists of paying less to people thus making everyone poorer to earn your relative pittance of a salary?

You have no idea what I do (and I doubt you'd understand it anyway) or what I earn and you're out of your depth trying to argue an invalid point with people who know their business in some detail. Probably best you go find a new axe to grind.

[DirtyDog]

It is a balance of value for money. I can charge more than some and still get contracts because I can show why I'm worth it.

I agree. My current client has on offshore shared service centre, an offshore (different country) technical team, and a very small onshore team, of which I am part.

I charge more than the offshore techies get paid, and more than the offshore SSC get paid because there is a clear proof of what they get when they pay me my rate.

The idea that you can't negotiate a decent rate is laughable.