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Previously on "Mug (sorry, Agent) of the week..."

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
    You can probably get Eastern/Med europeans to do it for 20% less than UK rates but generally they have too much work at home and the rates are pretty good where they are. furthermore permies earn equivalent of uk salaries.

    Bobs it is I am afraid!
    Most of them will do it for half, if you can chuck in a residency permit (Oh, hang on, they won't need that until after the 23rd).

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    They need to prove that no one will take the role whether permanent or contract in the EU.

    The problem they have in advertising it as permanent is some bod from Southern or Eastern Europe may take it.
    You can probably get Eastern/Med europeans to do it for 20% less than UK rates but generally they have too much work at home and the rates are pretty good where they are. furthermore permies earn equivalent of uk salaries.

    Bobs it is I am afraid!

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    They need to prove that no one will take the role whether permanent or contract in the EU.

    The problem they have in advertising it as permanent is some bod from Southern or Eastern Europe may take it.
    At those rates, there won't be too many Albanians in the queue,,,

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by DallasDad View Post
    Really is that whats going on then, can they actually wangle a visa like that, bloody cheek!
    They need to prove that no one will take the role whether permanent or contract in the EU.

    The problem they have in advertising it as permanent is some bod from Southern or Eastern Europe may take it.

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by DallasDad View Post
    Really is that whats going on then, can they actually wangle a visa like that, bloody cheek!
    Not really, UK has no visa you can contract on now, end clientco could maybe get a sponsors licence and import a Bob on ICT but the agent would get nothing in that deal.

    Usual scaremongering.......

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  • DallasDad
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    Originally posted by SlipTheJab View Post
    I refuse to deal with any of them, one of them pinged me a contract role in London requiring Java, Scala and Groovy, rate £250 a day , of course no one will take it so they'll use that as proof to get a Visa for a Bob sorted...
    Really is that whats going on then, can they actually wangle a visa like that, bloody cheek!

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  • SlipTheJab
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    I refuse to deal with any of them, one of them pinged me a contract role in London requiring Java, Scala and Groovy, rate £250 a day , of course no one will take it so they'll use that as proof to get a Visa for a Bob sorted...

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  • WTFH
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    It appears some of their mates have just found the spec too...
    CONFIDENCIAL
    Renukut Area, India


    Just emailed me an almost identical job spec.

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  • diseasex
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    Yourself for giving two references?
    i gave it a shot

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by diseasex View Post
    i had an agent advertising fake ad for high rate that called me and asked for references. he even called me back saying i was accepted

    can i call names and shames?
    Yourself for giving two references?

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by diseasex View Post
    can i call names and shames?
    Also CUK IDs if possible ...

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  • diseasex
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    A crowd called STAFFINGPRIME - allegedly based in the UK, but registered in India. But what makes them special?

    Unsolicited email from them looking for 4 contractors. Two of the contracts are for multiple locations, such as "Lisbon, Portugal, London, United Kingdom, Lisbon, Portugal, ..." OK, so they repeat Lisbon twice, but the next location should say "Paris, France", but instead it names the client, as if they were a city in France. D’oh.

    i had an agent advertising fake ad for high rate that called me and asked for references. he even called me back saying i was accepted

    can i call names and shames?

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  • WTFH
    started a topic Mug (sorry, Agent) of the week...

    Mug (sorry, Agent) of the week...


    A crowd called STAFFINGPRIME - allegedly based in the UK, but registered in India. But what makes them special?

    Unsolicited email from them looking for 4 contractors. Two of the contracts are for multiple locations, such as "Lisbon, Portugal, London, United Kingdom, Lisbon, Portugal, ..." OK, so they repeat Lisbon twice, but the next location should say "Paris, France", but instead it names the client, as if they were a city in France. D’oh.

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