Reply to: Yawn.... this bench is bl00dy uncomfortable

[Wanderer]

Went for the 1st interview on Wednesday, 2nd interview this morning and was offered a contract, starting Monday. Just had a phone call to tell me that they are puting the contract on hold till May!!!!!!!!!

W******

Ahhh, I hate it when that happens. You may feel like calling them a now but don't burn your bridges - send them a polite response telling thethat you are still interested and to keep you in mind.

May is only 5 weeks away.....

[PropertyCrashUK]

Went for the 1st interview on Wednesday, 2nd interview this morning and was offered a contract, starting Monday. Just had a phone call to tell me that they are puting the contract on hold till May!!!!!!!!!

W******

Sorry to hear that.

What sort of organisation - public or private sector? What sector - finance, manufacturing, tech, services?

[TOSH1]

Went for the 1st interview on Wednesday, 2nd interview this morning and was offered a contract, starting Monday. Just had a phone call to tell me that they are puting the contract on hold till May!!!!!!!!!

W******

[Robinho]

Got an offer today after 2 months on the bench.

Money ain't great (20% less than usual) but a 20 minute walk from my flat

[TheFaQQer]

Couldn't agree more.

TBH, I've decided to stop posting on ContractorUK from now on full-stop. I'll read, but post no longer.

Take this thread, for instance. I've made two, non-combative, and sensible response posts in the last two days. My thinking was that it would help people "stuck on the bench", the opening subject of this thread. Sum result of two innocuous posts? An extra 10 negative points of reputation... Pretty pathetic really. And all very unprofessional. Makes posting on here a a pretty thankless and pointless exercise...

Anyway, to the mods and the one or two remaining decent posters, all the best. To the rest, well... (I'm sure you can post plenty of neg. rep. along with "glad to see the back of you" comments to make you happy. )

My time here is done. So long, guys. And SueEllen.

That makes me glum

[SueEllen]

Couldn't agree more.

TBH, I've decided to stop posting on ContractorUK from now on full-stop. I'll read, but post no longer.

Take this thread, for instance. I've made two, non-combative, and sensible response posts in the last two days. My thinking was that it would help people "stuck on the bench", the opening subject of this thread. Sum result of two innocuous posts? An extra 10 negative points of reputation... Pretty pathetic really. And all very unprofessional. Makes posting on here a a pretty thankless and pointless exercise...

Anyway, to the mods and the one or two remaining decent posters, all the best. To the rest, well... (I'm sure you can post plenty of neg. rep. along with "glad to see the back of you" comments to make you happy. )

My time here is done. So long, guys. And SueEllen.

[MrMark]

Couldn't agree more.

TBH, I've decided to stop posting on ContractorUK from now on full-stop. I'll read, but post no longer.

Take this thread, for instance. I've made two, non-combative, and sensible response posts in the last two days. My thinking was that it would help people "stuck on the bench", the opening subject of this thread. Sum result of two innocuous posts? An extra 10 negative points of reputation... Pretty pathetic really. And all very unprofessional. Makes posting on here a a pretty thankless and pointless exercise...

Anyway, to the mods and the one or two remaining decent posters, all the best. To the rest, well... (I'm sure you can post plenty of neg. rep. along with "glad to see the back of you" comments to make you happy. )

My time here is done. So long, guys. And SueEllen.

Sad to see you go nomadd. We need all the decent posters we can get on this forum to counter balance.. well you know the ones I mean.
I suspect I won't be around too long either. If my current bench spell goes on too long I have few options left, and I'll no longer be in a place to do contract work. I suspect next year things will pick up again, but it'll be too late for some of us.

[nomadd]

Enough. This is a professional forum. If you want to bicker - please take this to General. Thanks.

Couldn't agree more.

TBH, I've decided to stop posting on ContractorUK from now on full-stop. I'll read, but post no longer.

Take this thread, for instance. I've made two, non-combative, and sensible response posts in the last two days. My thinking was that it would help people "stuck on the bench", the opening subject of this thread. Sum result of two innocuous posts? An extra 10 negative points of reputation... Pretty pathetic really. And all very unprofessional. Makes posting on here a a pretty thankless and pointless exercise...

Anyway, to the mods and the one or two remaining decent posters, all the best. To the rest, well... (I'm sure you can post plenty of neg. rep. along with "glad to see the back of you" comments to make you happy. )

My time here is done. So long, guys. And SueEllen.

[Boo]

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[eek]

With great respect, this forum is the Business / Contracts forum, and it seems to me that discussions of the (lack of) value that agencies bring to the process is on-topic here ?

Boo

Boo,

Give it a rest. We know that you don't rate agents but they do provide a service some on here appreciate and it ain't a job I would want to do.

Granted there are some agents I don't like but I can easily avoid them by putting the phone down when they ring.

[cojak]

With great respect, this forum is the Business / Contracts forum, and it seems to me that discussions of the (lack of) value that agencies bring to the process is on-topic here ?

Boo

But not with the rudeness you've been displaying Boo.

Enough means enough.

[Boo]

Enough. This is a professional forum. If you want to bicker - please take this to General. Thanks.

With great respect, this forum is the Business / Contracts forum, and it seems to me that discussions of the (lack of) value that agencies bring to the process is on-topic here ?

Boo

[The Agents View]

Ignore feature engaged. I have no time for people who:

a) Presume me to know nothing.

b) who don't understand business and business practice.

c) have nothing more valuable to say than "liar/leech".

d) Don't have the intelligence to understand that putting someone cheap who makes you lots of margin forwards for a role, when someone else gets the gig, is of absolutely no value to anyone.

e) Thinks that agencies work on 30 day terms (hello, we call this CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATION!)


I'm not generally an argumentative person - but when I've spent the last 8 years working on average 12 hours a day, sniffing out opportunities, and building up relationships with people most of you could only dream of having the time to cultivate, I don't overly appreciate people casting doubt on the value which I add. No doubt if I was to find a contract for Boo, I'd be the best thing since sliced bread...apart from the fact that I'd want to charge someone for the priviledge......

[Scrag Meister]

You will remember that the point of the discussion was to try to determine what value the agency brings into the loop, no ?

Well actually it started off with me being bored on the bench and what I was doing to fill my time. Don't think I even complained about agencies and personally I think they, well some at least, provide a useful service.

You can't get away from them, I went direct this time and the client still stuck an agency in the mix, probably to cover there ass somewhere along the line.

If you have an "In" to the number of companies that most agents have, then all well and good, if not just let them do their job.

[realityhack]

Enough. This is a professional forum. If you want to bicker - please take this to General. Thanks.