Got an interview tomorrow

[suityou01]

Good luck.

Let us know how you got on.

Thanks dude. Already been offered. Please re-read previous post.

[bogeyman]

Thanks dude. Already been offered. Please re-read previous post.

Oh fine will re-read previous post

[suityou01]

Oh fine will re-read previous post

Cool, did you get a chance to read the part about the rates mixup? Any advice?

[bogeyman]

Cool, did you get a chance to read the part about the rates mixup? Any advice?

I don't think you would like my advice.

[suityou01]

I don't think you would like my advice.

Thanks for your help. All the best.

[thunderlizard]

Rates mixup

In these days of fixed margins and procurement policies there could be all sorts of reasons for the £7 difference.

One of course is that it's an accident, and you won't get it after all.

Others are that the agent is on a fixed percentage and has argued your rate up so that he gets an extra 70p; or that the client has decided to adopt a policy of paying £X+7 for whatever it is you do, and are too lethargic to change it.

anyway, good on you,

tl

[bogeyman]

In these days of fixed margins and procurement policies there could be all sorts of reasons for the £7 difference.

One of course is that it's an accident, and you won't get it after all.

Others are that the agent is on a fixed percentage and has argued your rate up so that he gets an extra 70p; or that the client has decided to adopt a policy of paying £X+7 for whatever it is you do, and are too lethargic to change it.

anyway, good on you,

tl

Don't. It's a troll.

[suityou01]

In these days of fixed margins and procurement policies there could be all sorts of reasons for the £7 difference.

One of course is that it's an accident, and you won't get it after all.

Others are that the agent is on a fixed percentage and has argued your rate up so that he gets an extra 70p; or that the client has decided to adopt a policy of paying £X+7 for whatever it is you do, and are too lethargic to change it.

anyway, good on you,

tl

Thunderlizard

thanks, thunderlizard good advice.

Bogeyman

I just googled what a troll is. I am not. Although I just learned a forum slang term, so that's a plus. If you post something like "I don't think you'd like my advice" to someone who is looking for advice, is that not inflammatory? That according to wikipaedia is the definition of a troll from what I read.

[Fred Bloggs]

Wel done, it is ususal for bolkes sat next to each other to be on different rates. I sometimes judge how far to push a rate negotiation by arguing until the agent/client says "OK then but keep that to yourself". ofcourse, they could be double bluffing when they say that, but it's all part of the game. Sometimes I find I am really on a higher rate than others, sometimes not.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Well the interview was after all an informal chat with not much structure, however I did try to bring real world examples of what I had done in that past and this went down well.

I got offered this afternoon and have accepted, contract to follow in the post. I am new to this forum, and didn't know whether to post that I got the job or not, but I figured from other posts that this indicates that if I got off the bench then other contractors see that things are picking up. I have been benched for a fair while, and am quite relieved.

Good one - hope it all works out!