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Labour's 'secret plan' to lure migrants

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    #11
    Originally posted by wurzel View Post
    Agent who got me my current role tried to knock me down 10 quid a day AFTER I'd secured the role!
    Old Eurolink trick, I am surprised they bothered to even negotiate. Usually they just do it anyway . Eurolink also used to hike the rate to the client by 10%
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #12
      Interview!!

      I spoke with an agent yesterdat for 400 / day , he called today says 300 for an interview. I took a 5 sec pause , not really thinking about it , but rather mentally calling him all words I know , and then said yes

      Hey NewBlood -how did interview go?

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        #13
        Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
        From your (admittedly brief) explanation, it sounds like you fell at the first hurdle. Agent was trying to batter you down a bit (maybe by £25 a day?) you swallowed the lot.

        If you're happy then all well and good, but I reckon you'd have got £350 out of him.
        I know , if he calls I will tell him 350 , and if he says but you said 300 , I will say take it or leave it.

        I am a bit gutted about this particular case.

        I did say yes outright to a 100 cut because at the moment contracting is something of a plan B for me . I act on the premise that "there are no contracts or almost impossible to secure" for myself and I am turning to the web and will get myself out of this tulip.
        Last edited by newblood; 10 February 2010, 15:35.

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          #14
          Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
          This just shows why we dont need immigrants. If you had been English it would have occurred to you that you could have sworn at him in Russian. So you could have acheived your TWO main objectives
          1. securing a £100 cut for the agents pocket
          2 whilst still managing to get a good swear in


          fail


          You are right , but it is worth it considering all the english gals that have had the pleasure of looking at ( not touching ) my sexy exercised body.

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            #15
            Originally posted by newblood View Post
            Mate the market for my skill for a UK contractor is 450 - 500 ( high level Sharepoint admin ).

            For myself 425 is a score , 350 is awesome , 300 is a great job. I have been considering 250 from 3 months back , and this now keeps going down.
            Then that's the market rate. The market rate is what you can get - not what you used to get.

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              #16
              Whatever the so called moral arguments, in practice you won't find a country in the world where ethnic diversity actually works.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #17
                And you won't find a country where more people equals less crowding.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                  Whatever the so called moral arguments, in practice you won't find a country in the world where ethnic diversity actually works.
                  The point is, we are supposed to prove that it works.

                  Are you failing to make it work?
                  Step outside posh boy

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
                    The point is, we are supposed to prove that it works.

                    Are you failing to make it work?
                    I hate to say it , but I think xoggoth is right. Differnet people find it hard to mix because they are different in the first place. I mean people can hate each other within communities , families , friends. It is very hard to mix with someone different. In many years globalisation will change thinking , just will take time.

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                      #20
                      Labour plan another 20,000,000 people here from diverse backgrounds, mostly non-English speaking, non-Christian and non-educated.

                      Enjoy.

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