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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.”
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...
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.
Have you ever heard of "Tech Mahindra"? Compared with them matey you're a fecking amateur!
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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"
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
' 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
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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