Reply to: How have you found the daily rates for Business Analysts to change with time.

[MyUserName]

OH really so that's the justification for misleading people about what the rate of pay is ? How desperate.

Erm ... what? Who are you calling desperate? The contractor, the agent or the client? Who is misleading whom?

[kevpuk]

Perhaps he once bent down to get an Agent's soap....

[aoxomoxoa]

OH really so that's the justification for misleading people about what the rate of pay is ? How desperate.

This and masonryan's preceding posts in this, and for that matter other, threads is so incoherent and nonsensical that words fail me....

(.... apart from these words, of course)

What are you on?

[masonryan]

Or that if agencies simply quote the lowest possible day rate any decent contractor will go to a different agent who are in competition with the first agent and hence the first agent will get only very poor candidates and thus get dropped by the client. You don't realise that? Then you might be one of the poor candidates!

OH really so that's the justification for misleading people about what the rate of pay is ? How desperate.

[MyUserName]

OK so no client co has told agents they want the cheapest they can get hold of. No agent has ever told client co "sorry but we refuse on moral and ethical grounds to get you people on the cheap". All this occurs in lah lah land.

You do realise that no one said that, right? Or that clients might understand business better than you and realise that to maximise profit they might need to pay a lot for a specialist who can do an excellent job and thus make them loads of money in the future?

Or that if agencies simply quote the lowest possible day rate any decent contractor will go to a different agent who are in competition with the first agent and hence the first agent will get only very poor candidates and thus get dropped by the client. You don't realise that? Then you might be one of the poor candidates!

Personally my lowest day rate was £430 a day and the highest I interviewed for was £650, I have not really experienced this conspiracy you are experiencing. It might just be you?

[masonryan]

OK so no client co has told agents they want the cheapest they can get hold of. No agent has ever told client co "sorry but we refuse on moral and ethical grounds to get you people on the cheap". All this occurs in lah lah land.

[northernladuk]

The key word is "supplying". Supplying means sale. Sale brings commission.

Are you seriously suggesting that no client co has told agents "we want cheapest we can get"?

You arguments are so generic and flawed it is almost impossible to continue to discuss them. What has that got to do with the comment you quoted?

[masonryan]

See, I cannot see how this bit would stack up - why would Agents enjoy supplying cheaper?

The key word is "supplying". Supplying means sale. Sale brings commission.

Are you seriously suggesting that no client co has told agents "we want cheapest we can get"?

[kevpuk]

BAs were paid anything between 250 and 600 per day, in the last 5-7 years. Probably less now, as companies want everyone cheaper, which agents enjoy providing them with.

See, I cannot see how this bit would stack up - why would Agents enjoy supplying cheaper?

To my mind, if the rate is higher, then there is much more potential margin to be gained in actual ££s, as there will be a wider pool of potential candidates to select from; this in turn enhances the likelihood of Agent placing, resulting in their cut. Then take into account those Agents on fixed rate/margin, such as many PSL circumstances, and x% of rate compared to x% of much-better-rate does not equal enjoyment....

Therefore, your statement is full of FAIL and all your bases are belong to me (sic, just in case)

[cojak]

BAs were paid anything between 250 and 600 per day, in the last 5-7 years. Probably less now, as companies want everyone cheaper, which agents enjoy providing them with.

Speak for yourself, if you pick rubbish agents to work with that's your business.

[No2politics]

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[masonryan]

BAs were paid anything between 250 and 600 per day, in the last 5-7 years. Probably less now, as companies want everyone cheaper, which agents enjoy providing them with.

[aoxomoxoa]

Perfectly allowed and very reasonable. Just wanted to use the self-portrait I found

FTFY

[northernladuk]

lol!

I say "and OK I can see blah blah" so I've changed my mind (for the low-level bobs), is that not allowed or are we in general?

Perfectly allowed and very reasonable. Just wanted to use the smiley I found

[Antman]

lol!

I say "and OK I can see blah blah" so I've changed my mind (for the low-level bobs), is that not allowed or are we in general?