Reply to: Odd daily rates being offered

[riffpie]

They will just hang up.

Fine by me!

Had a

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junior pimp on the phone yesterday claimed he was from ARK (number withheld of course). Usual low on detail but exciting job description. When we got to the bit where he asked about other interviews and I said it was commercially confidential and none of his business. He goes quiet and says ok I guess that's it ... I started laughing at the junior pimp and said "So you didn't get what you wanted" and he just hung up.

Sometimes it's just satisfying, naughty but satisfying ...

Also why do these guys always sound like they are calling from the ghetto as well? / Never a female as well.

Heh heh they need this reminder now and again that we hold more cards than they like to think.

[riffpie]

Haha, I did get a similar line from a pimp yesterday ' The rate is on the low side but my client is working with the likes of Tesco and Phones4U'... why that would matter to me I have no idea!

Whenever a pimp tries to sell a low rate on the grounds that the client will "look good on my CV" I'm tempted to say "I've already got X, Y and Z on my CV, so my rate goes up". In fact, if I ever have to deal with a pimp again I'm going to do that. Even if they don't spin the "good on your CV" line.

[kal]

[QUOTE=JRCT;1923721]

Haha, I did get a similar line from a pimp yesterday ' The rate is on the low side but my client is working with the likes of Tesco and Phones4U'... why that would matter to me I have no idea![/QUOTE

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Aah yes!

[JRCT]

[QUOTE=kal;1923539]Haha, I did get a similar line from a pimp yesterday ' The rate is on the low side but my client is working with the likes of Tesco and Phones4U'... why that would matter to me I have no idea![/QUOTE

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[Dactylion]

Better to be a permie at heart that post this moronic rubbish.

Well stop it then!

[kal]

Also in the next breath is the "this will look good on your CV" followed by the this is multi-billion pound corporation that is going places line of pimp talk.

The contracting equivalent of "You have a nice A*s, I'll be your man baby, I'll look after you"

Haha, I did get a similar line from a pimp yesterday ' The rate is on the low side but my client is working with the likes of Tesco and Phones4U'... why that would matter to me I have no idea!

[kal]

They probably told him it would be a "long term contract".....

+1 I had a pimp just yesterday try to sell me a Central London IB role for £300 a day because it was a 'long term' contract and hence most people were happy with the rate... total bollox

[Unix]

Better to be a permie at heart that post this moronic rubbish.

No wonder rates are falling.

[northernladuk]

Why did you stay, try telling your plumber you are cutting his rate by 15% halfway through the job. Contractors who accept this are permies at heart.

Better to be a permie at heart that post this moronic rubbish.

[MyUserName]

Indeed, my current rate is £XXX.78 it's a tad weird, but not worrying, just the way the budget works.

Similar here, mine is £XXXX.50 per day due to a percentage increase I negotiated. It started out as a round number though.

[riffpie]

Why did you stay, try telling your plumber you are cutting his rate by 15% halfway through the job. Contractors who accept this are permies at heart.

They probably told him it would be a "long term contract".....

[Unix]

I end up with an odd rate after ClientCo cut the rate by 15%.

Why did you stay, try telling your plumber you are cutting his rate by 15% halfway through the job. Contractors who accept this are permies at heart.

[speling bee]

I once negotiated a rate of £x00 pd inclusive of agency margin, and then found an agency that would charge 5%, so ended up with a rate calculated to the nearest penny (rounded up I should add, after the good-for-nothing pimp tried to round it down).

[cojak]

I end up with an odd rate after ClientCo cut the rate by 15%.

15%! Ouch!

[riffpie]

My current rate is £xxx.42, because I negotiated a nice round figure with the client who then announced they couldn't deal with me direct, and would I mind going through this agency, who take a nominal cut, which resulted in my nice round figure being downed into something awkward.