Reply to: Contractor Blacklists

[Old Greg]

What's this your Plan B?

I've had a number of enquiries by PM.

[cojak]

OK - the reason that I'm ticked with Justin11 is that he didn't ask any question or add any value to the thread apart from a 'me too!' comment. He just resurrected an old thread for the sake of it.

[Scrag Meister]

I did some technical work on the blacklist for a shell company operating from the Dutch Antilles but ultimately run by a consortium of well known agencies. The day before my contract was up I saw my name on it - obviously I knew too much. So rather than whine and get shown the front door on the spot, I 'left the back door on the latch'. I still have access, so for £100, I can guarantee that anyone's is no longer on the list (if it already is).

What's this your Plan B?

[d000hg]

I can think of at least one thing it proves.

That's why I won't be doing it.

[Old Greg]

I send £100 and he tells me "OK you're off the list". That doesn't prove anything...

I can think of at least one thing it proves.

[d000hg]

Send your 100 quid and find out

I send £100 and he tells me "OK you're off the list". That doesn't prove anything...

[Spacecadet]

I'm not too impressed with newbies resurrecting old threads.

Just saying, like...

And someone else would be bollocking them for not using the search function if they didn't!!

[Wanderer]

Send your 100 quid and find out

I'm sure he will even throw in free membership of the Church of the Painted Breast.

[Scary]

For real?

Send your 100 quid and find out

[d000hg]

I did some technical work on the blacklist for a shell company operating from the Dutch Antilles but ultimately run by a consortium of well known agencies. The day before my contract was up I saw my name on it - obviously I knew too much.

For real?

[Old Greg]

I can't imagine there would be such a blacklist, for a couple of reasons:

1. An agency would get into serious sh1te if they posted something negative about an individual
2. Who would maintain it?

Realistically I can believe that an individual agency might have a crib sheet which their pimps can utilise. And I can also believe that the pimp might take that list with him if he migrates elsewhere.

Besides, I reckon pimps don't need such a list (even if they were intelligent enough to use one). From a CV, if a contractor is doing lots of short-term contracts (3 months or less) that would probably tell a story. But with some 6+ month contracts in the mix he has probably been renewed for those gigs and is probably okay. Normally a client wouldn't renew a contractor who was useless.

I did some technical work on the blacklist for a shell company operating from the Dutch Antilles but ultimately run by a consortium of well known agencies. The day before my contract was up I saw my name on it - obviously I knew too much. So rather than whine and get shown the front door on the spot, I 'left the back door on the latch'. I still have access, so for £100, I can guarantee that anyone's is no longer on the list (if it already is).

[JobsAGoodUn]

I can't imagine there would be such a blacklist, for a couple of reasons:

1. An agency would get into serious sh1te if they posted something negative about an individual
2. Who would maintain it?

Realistically I can believe that an individual agency might have a crib sheet which their pimps can utilise. And I can also believe that the pimp might take that list with him if he migrates elsewhere.

Besides, I reckon pimps don't need such a list (even if they were intelligent enough to use one). From a CV, if a contractor is doing lots of short-term contracts (3 months or less) that would probably tell a story. But with some 6+ month contracts in the mix he has probably been renewed for those gigs and is probably okay. Normally a client wouldn't renew a contractor who was useless.

[xoggoth]

You should fly a plane into their offices. That'll teach em.

[d000hg]

So anyone looking for a role has two, at a push three, chances of ever getting anywhere with each agent. After that they are dead meat.

I am so thankful that I don't have to play this game any more.

I imagine if you're sending it an application once a day, tailored to each role, it's different to applying for 10 roles with the agency the same day with the same CV.

[d000hg]

I'm not too impressed with newbies resurrecting old threads.

Just saying, like...

Yeah they should start a new thread "are there blacklists" and then we can tell them "stop being such a PITA and search the forum, if you can't do that are you sure you're cut out to be a contractor?"