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Have had that here as well on a few interviews, via a Belgian recruitment company, someone from the agency came along, chauffeured me to the client etc.
Sometimes felt more like an office meeting than an interview.
Have had that here as well on a few interviews, via a Belgian recruitment company, someone from the agency came along, chauffeured me to the client etc.
Sometimes felt more like an office meeting than an interview.
In Germany, quite often someone from the agency will accompany you to the interview and sit in as well. I did one some years back and they started talking about money after I had done the techie bit and so I knew exactly the markup! She was well fit though but I didn't get the gig luckily....
All down to personal choice isn't it? I personally never discuss rate with the end client. I've been asked a couple of times but always pointed them in the direction of the pimp. Never been an issue.
However, if a client said to me 'it's us who are paying you' then that would ring the alarm bells as they obviously don't understand the relationship...
Had an interesting experience during the latest (admittedly a permie interview)... the agent was left completely out of the loop, and I discussed salaries, bonus payments etc directly with the HR person...
And, I only supplied references to the company, none at all to the agent...
Most unusual...
Not that unusual for a permie role. In these cases the agency normally takes a fee based on a percentage of your salary, for the first X months. They only need to work with the client to confirm what you've been brought in on.
Had an interesting experience during the latest (admittedly a permie interview)... the agent was left completely out of the loop, and I discussed salaries, bonus payments etc directly with the HR person...
And, I only supplied references to the company, none at all to the agent...
I know this is a no no and I know everyone is against (I am too)
BUT...
No spanking necessary. Something of a grey area, depends on the motives of those involved and that's what you have to figure out, just like when an agent asks the same question.
I was asked a couple of years ago at an interview, and the interviewer told me that the agent was stitching me up. Not by a lot, but enough to p1ss off the interviewer. I still got the job though (TonyE, you know where).
I know this is a no no and I know everyone is against (I am too)
BUT
One interview I went for, they asked me my rate, I said I would discuss that with the agent blah blah but they persisted and basically said, 'well its us paying you'. So I told them, I didnt get the job as they said they was looking for someone with a 'little more experience' in a certain area that they really needed. To be fair I did feel a bit out of my league anyway and felt a bit stitched up by the agent, so I probably dropped him in it with the client by disclosing my rate.
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