In this market if you didn't get an offer within a day or two you almost certainly didn't get the gig.
If the agent spins you a convoluted tale like this you definitely did not get the gig....
TheDude
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Last Activity: 24 April 2026, 13:01
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I am in an outside gig in the public sector.
The limiting factor on tenure appears to be constantly changing supply chains....Leave a comment:
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I see this as possibly a punt at going perm and to work with newer technologies.. I am 53 and won't have many more chances....Leave a comment:
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Interview next week with a previous banking client for a role I have previously performed.
3 days a week in London and the rate is the same as when I left four years ago but I am going nowhere in my current public sector gig....Leave a comment:
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I wasn't replying to you or being nasty.
A few years ago I assumed that agents would keep phoning and there was no way I would accept a contract less than £xxx a day.
I as many others have discovered your day rate is not dictated by what I used to earn or even the bare minimum...Leave a comment:
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That is the correct attitude.
You may think that 'your' rate is £700+ per day but you don't get to decide....Leave a comment:
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Just had a call about a gig performing the same role at a previous banking client for the same rate.
The learning curve and complexity of the system is quite intense so I would be shocked if I didn't at least get an interview but in todays market who knows?Leave a comment:
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Layoff experiences
After reading today that Oracle have laid of 30k people by 6am email I am curious about the layoffs you have experienced or witnessed.
The worst I have seen was when working at (what was then) a UK supplier of news and financial information. Rumours of redundancies had been in the air for...Last edited by TheDude; 1 April 2026, 09:49. -
That is the way to do it. I would rather a six am email than waste a day travelling to the office just to get binned....Leave a comment:
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I suspect the law is irrelevant if you upset the wrong person....Leave a comment:
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Welcome to the club....Leave a comment:
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Which part of this is keeping your own biased views to yourself?...Leave a comment:
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