If there is to be a downturn is it not reasonable for clients (not agencies of course) to expect reductions in rates? after all in the good times you grubby lot are straight on the upward spiral bandwagon.
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Are you trying to cheer us up, Dodgy?Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf there is to be a downturn is it not reasonable for clients (not agencies of course) to expect reductions in rates? after all in the good times you grubby lot are straight on the upward spiral bandwagon. -
Fook right off.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf there is to be a downturn is it not reasonable for clients (not agencies of course) to expect reductions in rates? after all in the good times you grubby lot are straight on the upward spiral bandwagon.
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Pay peanuts, get monkeys.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf there is to be a downturn is it not reasonable for clients (not agencies of course) to expect reductions in rates? after all in the good times you grubby lot are straight on the upward spiral bandwagon."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Pay bananas, still get monkeys.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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If our rates remain the same at renewal time then that is in fact a reduction!
Though, I did just negotiate an increase!
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I've just been renewed, thank Christ, on £20 per day more, but the bad news is I have to commute to Brentwood instead of Romford, which is several miles further to travel and apparently it's a sod to park in the town centre.
If the market wasn't so tulip, I'd be looking around for another perl or .Net contract, but needs must.Comment
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smartarseOriginally posted by up4it View PostIf our rates remain the same at renewal time then that is in fact a reduction!
Though, I did just negotiate an increase!
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Only if the availability of high quality contractors with the same skill set increases.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf there is to be a downturn is it not reasonable for clients (not agencies of course) to expect reductions in rates?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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I just negotiated a rate rise on renewal too!!!
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Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to felt at all how for a long time."Comment
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