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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by HeadOfTesting View Post
    you did the right thing imo
    WHS.

    It's tough out there - you do what you need to do.

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  • HeadOfTesting
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    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    My thinking was, get a foot in the door, then hold out for a fairer rate on first renewal. In three months I've become more valuable to the client, I'm a 'known quantity' and I know their environment. I also got chance to feel out the contracting micro-market with this particular client...knowledge is power as they say.

    Z
    you did the right thing imo

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  • zcapr17
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    Originally posted by nomadd View Post
    How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.

    Now you rate - hopefully - has been normallised.

    Nommad.
    Yes, at the time, I knew I was being shafted. However, I had half a dozen leads but this was the only one that got anywhere near to interview stage. It was a case of take it or more than likely spend the next 3-6 months on the bench.

    My thinking was, get a foot in the door, then hold out for a fairer rate on first renewal. In three months I've become more valuable to the client, I'm a 'known quantity' and I know their environment. I also got chance to feel out the contracting micro-market with this particular client...knowledge is power as they say.

    Z

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  • max
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    Originally posted by nomadd View Post
    How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.
    Apparently not just for the last 3 months:
    Originally posted by nomadd View Post
    Rate was slightly down on my previous contract but I took it all the same.
    So what do you do, and how much do they pay you zcapr17?

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  • nomadd
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    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    Hi all,

    Stuck my neck on the line and asked for a 25% rate increase, fully expecting some hard ball negotiation with the agent.

    They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".

    Z
    How can I say this..? For the last 3 months prior to your rise you have been: SHAFTED.

    Now you rate - hopefully - has been normallised.

    Nommad.

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  • pmeswani
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    Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post










    You are a man of many words. Keep it up and you may just win the CUK annual prize for the best poster award.

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  • RichardCranium
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    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    Hi all, I've been a lurker on CUK for a year or so now, but finally plucked up the courage to post


    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    and thought I would share some good news.


    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    asked for a 25% rate increase


    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".


    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    Obviously, I am rather pleased with myself


    Originally posted by zcapr17 View Post
    it does make me think that the current downward pressure on rates is mainly down to agents taking the piss with their margins and that the underlying rates that clients are paying haven't dropped anywhere near as much.

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  • zcapr17
    started a topic Neck...intact.

    Neck...intact.

    Hi all,

    I've been a lurker on CUK for a year or so now, but finally plucked up the courage to post and thought I would share some good news.

    I took a new contract three months ago. Rate was slightly down on my previous contract but I took it all the same.

    The contract recently came up for renewal and the client was keen to keep me on. Stuck my neck on the line and asked for a 25% rate increase, fully expecting some hard ball negotiation with the agent.

    They come back a day later with "sure, no problem".

    Obviously, I am rather pleased with myself, however it does make me think that the current downward pressure on rates is mainly down to agents taking the piss with their margins and that the underlying rates that clients are paying haven't dropped anywhere near as much.

    Z

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