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    #21
    Originally posted by andy
    but then 90% of agents are not exactly normal
    I've never paid more than 16%


    edit: for the pedants, the client has never paid more than 16%
    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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      #22
      Originally posted by Barriebazg
      Sorry I am obviously far less intelligent than you Churchill, I apologize profusely........

      All I am saying is come renewal time I will say to the agent I want x amount. How he gets the rate, I am not fussed. I know he could take a hit on his margin and give me it or ask for an increase from the client either way I don't care as long as I get the daily rate I am after. If he got £1000 a day and paid me £600 I don't care to be honest as long as the £600 is what I am after.
      Oi Dodgy!!! You'll like this guy! He's being "honest" this time...

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        #23
        Originally posted by DodgyAgent
        An interesting example of how people use "spin" to justify their position. A contractor wishing to increase his rate seems to be a legitimate business transaction whereas any money that an agency tries to make is "spun" as "greed". Doubly ironic as 99% of recruitment consultants probably earn less than half of what an average contractor "takes".
        It's fine if the agency charges a margin of 50%. Yet I believe that the company using this agency should be aware of this. Because of the risk that the contractor may find another contract with another agency that charges only 20%.
        I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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          #24
          Originally posted by Churchill
          Have you ever heard of "Tech Mahindra"? Compared with them matey you're a fecking amateur!

          !
          Here's a line from one of my CVs:

          "I am an ex Turkish beauty queen and was voted best dancer at Stringfellows night club" I am 23 years of age and I can turn any software into hardware in seconds"

          Now who's a fecking amateur?
          Last edited by DodgyAgent; 20 April 2007, 14:09.
          Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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            #25
            [QUOTE=Barriebazg]Sorry I am obviously far less intelligent than you Churchill, I apologize profusely........

            QUOTE]

            They dont come much thicker than that
            Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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              #26
              Originally posted by Francko
              It's fine if the agency charges a margin of 50%. Yet I believe that the company using this agency should be aware of this. Because of the risk that the contractor may find another contract with another agency that charges only 20%.

              Congratulations on talking sense without needing to use the word "greed"
              Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                #27
                Franko,

                ' I think the margin should be legally forced to be transparent',

                with as much due respect as I can muster on a Friday afternoon,

                what fecking planet are you on ?

                more left wing pinko let's meddle with the free market and screw everything up

                Milan.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by milanbenes
                  Franko,

                  ' I think the margin should be legally forced to be transparent',

                  with as much due respect as I can muster on a Friday afternoon,

                  what fecking planet are you on ?

                  more left wing pinko let's meddle with the free market and screw everything up

                  Milan.
                  why , Whats wrong with being transparent ? That does not harm free market economy surely.
                  All other kinds of agents are forced to declare their commission legally except this lot

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                    #29
                    granted I read it wrong, I thought he mean't the law should set the commission rate

                    apologies Francko,

                    Milan.

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                      #30
                      Listen, lying and deceit is all part of a free market economy. In an ideal world we'd all be ripping each other off all the time and no-one would care
                      The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                      But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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