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Got an interview tomorrow
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostThanks dude. Already been offered. Please re-read previous post.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostOh fine will re-read previous postKnock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostCool, did you get a chance to read the part about the rates mixup? Any advice?
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostI don't think you would like my advice.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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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,
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostIn 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
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostIn 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
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.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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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.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostWell 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.This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernamesComment
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