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Originally posted by SeededLoaf View PostThe worst thing where you ask for an uplift and don't get it.
Then spend the rest of the contract absolutely hating your agent and losing motivation.
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Originally posted by SeededLoaf View PostThe worst thing where you ask for an uplift and don't get it.
Then spend the rest of the contract absolutely hating your agent and losing motivation.
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The worst thing where you ask for an uplift and don't get it.
Then spend the rest of the contract absolutely hating your agent and losing motivation.
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Good luck with that one.
Clients: Already paying a premium (in their eyes) why pay more? Its probably all been signed off at original price so theres no money. Rightly or wrongly this is the rate they will pay forever.
Agency: Got the money rolling in now. They are going to guard that margin with their life.
As others have said, only way to get a rise is to get both parties to believe you will actually leave.
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If you are happy with the day rate then not worth the negotiations for just 3 months.
It may leave a bitter taste with agent/company.
As you know the company and the work so no bench time.
And if you were happy with the day rate before you should be now.
If you think your skills are in demand you will know soon enough when you start looking for a new contract and you negotiate accordingly on a new gig.
Agents will be taking a slice and sometimes a big slice if they can get away with it. That is how it works so pretty irrelevant to your thinking and your worth IMO.
But I know some people will take any opportunity to negotiate and hey sometimes it may work out for the better.
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Do you feel that you're not being paid enough?
If that's not the case, why rock the boat?
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Just invoke the clause you negotiated prior to the start of the contract, where upon renewal you will get a rate uplift for securing the additional income for the agency by simply doing what you were contracted to do in the first place.
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I've not given the agency any grief, worked every day and the company I'm working for are very happy with the work I'm doing.
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If this is a genuine post, the answer is obviously no. Antagonizing people is not a good way to do business.
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Originally posted by GAML View PostHello All,
I'm fairly new to IT contracting, been permanent for 20 years.
I was hired through a recruitment agency.
My 5 month contract is about to end and I'm being given an extension of 3 months. The contract is through an agency who take an unknown %. I've not given the agency any grief, worked every day and the company I'm working for are very happy with the work I'm doing.
Should I ask for a bigger slice of the money the company pays the agency for the extension?
I should add that I'm a cyber security contractor with GDPR experience, which I know is much in demand at the moment
Thanks for any advice
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Originally posted by GAML View PostHello All,
I'm fairly new to IT contracting, been permanent for 20 years.
I was hired through a recruitment agency.
My 5 month contract is about to end and I'm being given an extension of 3 months. The contract is through an agency who take an unknown %. I've not given the agency any grief, worked every day and the company I'm working for are very happy with the work I'm doing.
Should I ask for a bigger slice of the money the company pays the agency for the extension?
I should add that I'm a cyber security contractor with GDPR experience, which I know is much in demand at the moment
Thanks for any advice
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Not seeing too much interest in GDPR now it's past 25th May, a little bit like Y2K
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Have a search of the forums using the Google method which is.. (keywords) site:forums.contractor.Com
This has been asked 100s of times before so you'll find more answers there than you'll get with us going over it all over again.
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contract extension
Hello All,
I'm fairly new to IT contracting, been permanent for 20 years.
I was hired through a recruitment agency.
My 5 month contract is about to end and I'm being given an extension of 3 months. The contract is through an agency who take an unknown %. I've not given the agency any grief, worked every day and the company I'm working for are very happy with the work I'm doing.
Should I ask for a bigger slice of the money the company pays the agency for the extension?
I should add that I'm a cyber security contractor with GDPR experience, which I know is much in demand at the moment
Thanks for any adviceTags: None
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