Why do agents become aggressive?

[Churchill]

Why do birds suddenly appear, everytime that you're near?

Because I'm hung like a pigeon?

Threaded.

[kingshuk]

In my experience just turning down an offer doesn't cause a lot of problem.

After accepting an offer (verbally or otherwise) when someone turns it down (most often for a better contract) things turn nasty. I can see why the agent will become aggresive in this situation. May be bonus plays a part. But I think its the agent-client relationship that _MAY_ get damaged in this situation, or cause embarassment.

[BOBJ]

Only happened to me once, but the agent went ballistic. I told her I wasn't taking the job directly after the interview. They'd sounded a bit dodgy and when I'd asked some really basic questions about their infrastructure they couldn't answer and further couldn't tell me why they didn't know.

I argued for about 10 minutes and then the conversation ended. Next thing I knew she'd got the client to ring me direct, she'd told them there were a few more questions I wanted to ask! She was like a one-man-band agent and I guess she was racked off that her cut had gone west.

Anyway, while we're on it, why DO stars fall down from the sky?

[shaunbhoy]

Anyway, while we're on it, why DO stars fall down from the sky?

That'll be fooking Global Warming. Everything else gets put down to that these days, just ask sasguru( if you have a spare hour and are having trouble sleeping!!)

[bobhope]

I have never been aggressive when turned down by a contractor. I have killed a few who have accepted and then turned it down, especially the ones that put their change down to "a death in the family" (the most frequently used excuse)

What would be a plausible reason then? (Just for reference)

[BoredBloke]

"Just like me they long to be close to you"

When they buried her, did they bother to use a coffin and dig a hole, or did they just sack it and drive her in like you do with a fence post?

[dmini]

I turned down one contract - when I recieved the paperwork from the agency and it was all "New employee " this and "Pre-employment questionaire" and about 12 other employee related documents - not a contract (even a badly written one) in sight!, although they insisted I was a contractor. The force she put the phone down when I told her I wasn't doing it could be felt 30 miles away
Agency is now on my blacklist

[ratewhore]

What would be a plausible reason then? (Just for reference)

If there are no contract signatures then who needs a reason. Might not be nice, but, as suralun says - business is business...