Reply to: Square One Resources; experiences?

[Brussels Slumdog]

Internal Problem

They seem to have more of an internal problem than an external problem
I seem to have more contact with ex square one employees than current employees. They seem like a good school to teach future agents
Used them once paid on time.
Always disclosed the name of the end client during first phone call.

[JEP]

Square One

I have been in contact with Square One for more than 10 years, and have been contracting for some 4 year now and 75% of my work has been through them. Very good to work with good response when needed.

[Lumiere]

They are relatively OK

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Never had a gig thru them directly but they have a decent reputation in the PeopleSoft marketplace.

[nomadd]

Hmmm... it must just be me then who thought they were a wunch of flipless idiots.

I was very badly represented by them for a gig a while back and they are now one (of two) agencies who I will never deal with again under any circumstances.

Nope, you are not on your own. I've found them completely useless. They've been phoning me up for several years with their very, very long BS-laden calls. Nothing has ever come of it. I tend to avoid them as much as I can.

Nomadd

[moorfield]

Hmmm... it must just be me then who thought they were a wunch of feckless idiots.

I was very badly represented by them for a gig a while back and they are now one (of two) agencies who I will never deal with again under any circumstances.

[Mich the Tester]

Well thanks everyone; sounds OK to me.

[RichardCranium]

I worked through Square One in 2007. Everything was fine, including the wording in the contract.

[northernrampage]

Am about to give one of the agents there a call. My brother's worked with them on and off for years. Always been fine. Friendly with it.

I've dealt with them for interviews last year, didn't get the jobs but that was my issue not theirs.

[Support Monkey]

did 9 months through them last year, spoke to them a couple of times to get the contract and then once the week before it finished, never had to speak to anyone else as I never had a problem, and they paid weekly without fail

[NotAllThere]

More trustworthy than most. Have worked with them both as contractor and hirer, and never had any complaints. Just make sure they're where you can see 'em.

[TheFaQQer]

FaQQer, How did the interview go ?

Quite well, thanks - they are bidding for the work (deadline tomorrow, decision next week), are quite confident of getting the work, and if they do, there is work for me there. Not entirely sure what the exact role is - I think / hope it's more team lead / architect / functional lead rather than coding for this one, but you never know

[Olly]

niggely bad experiences re start date. Agent making promises he wasn't in a position to.
I was in a hiring position at one stage and they sent some right dross over.
At the end of the day though I think they priced themselves out the "managed service" contract they were on and most of us got the boot.

[cojak]

I've found them straight and upfront...

[rootsnall]

Yes - found them very good, seemed to know their stuff, IR35 friendly contracts, would work through them again given the chance.

And, IIRC, quick payment (but I may be making that up - it was 2+ years ago).

FaQQer, How did the interview go ?

Sq 1 are one of the better agencies, I've worked for them quite a few times including recently. They still pay weekly and on pretty much instant terms.

Disclaimer : this doesn't mean they won't take you to the cleaners, so treat with same caution as always.