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    #31
    Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
    What's your feedback then, Dodgy? Do you think it is likely to be true that the OP



    "Long, hard climb back up"? Why?
    I wouldnt have put it quite like that. It was unnecessary to make the last comment.
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #32
      A few years back, I hired a guy with a 2 year gap (via an agency). Got him cheap, because he'd have to spend time getting back up to speed. He was great.

      The agent you were talking to is a viscious nasty lying piece of a cancerous oozing anal polyp.

      Unlike our friend dodgy, of course.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #33
        Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
        The agent you were talking to is a viscious nasty lying piece of a cancerous oozing anal polyp.

        Unlike our friend dodgy, of course.
        Dodgy doesn't ooze???

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          #34
          Originally posted by Drewster View Post
          Dodgy doesn't ooze???
          Oh yeah, he does ooze, it's just that he's not vicious.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            Oh yeah, he does ooze, it's just that he's not vicious.
            Only viscous.
            Step outside posh boy

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              #36
              I was out of IT for almost 3 years. To get back I took a permie role and stuck it for a year or so then went back into contracting.

              As long as you have a plausible reason to be out its not too big a deal.

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                #37
                Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

                so, just for you, here is my 'fck you' attitude song

                wow, youre an agent - well - fck you,
                and you work for a big agency - well - fck you,
                you want to write my CV ? do you? - well - fck you,
                Have you ever done my job ? no ? - well - fck you,
                will you pay me if times get tough ? no ? - well - fck you,
                I am getting up from the table girl, - well - fck you,
                do you want a harmless dance ? - well - fck you,
                No ? lezzie - well - fck you,
                do agents or lezzies care, no - well - fck you,
                If you dont put food on my table - well - fck you

                - well - fck you,- well - fck you,- well - fck you,

                That is the perfect antidote. I'm going to print it out to remind myself it ain't personal and to get some attitude.

                Everyone's comments helped.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  Oh yeah, he does ooze, it's just that he's not vicious.
                  But I am ard
                  Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
                    But I am ard
                    Like a polyp?
                    ‎"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."

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                      #40
                      I'd emailed 'em to complain yesterday when fuming...the manager of the section just called me to apologise and ask if anything they could do etc as he wouldn't want me to not use their services or not to recommend them.

                      While trying not to rant I just said perhaps ask the guy in question not to be so personal in future, and that he didn't really seem to get it.

                      He made the valid point that just because one person makes a mistake it's not really a reflection of the company as a whole. Which is true, guess we've all got stories to tell about great agencies that others can't stand. He was professional about it, so yes, I'd use that agency, just not the guy I spoke to.

                      Off to get a life now.

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