Reply to: Perm Role Advertised as Contract

[Crusoe101]

loving it Bob

[Bob Dalek]

A tale to warm the flintiest of contractors' hearts:

Agent rang me yesterday, waffle and toss, no real job, basically on a deep-sea fishing expedition.

He said that they had a "system" that meant I had to supply 2 previous managers' names, in order that they could log me into their ace jobs database!!! Remembering an old Private Eye spoof of the Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough Disaster, I said "Mike Ittup" and "Vic Titious". And the greedy little piranha took it hook, line and sinker. 10 points to me.

[expat]

In my humble experience, Aston Carter are a bunch of barrow boys...

They do have contracts, they match requirements and skills, and they pay very quickly. But not necessarily as much as you might have liked.

[kanulondon]

In my humble experience, Aston Carter are a bunch of barrow boys...

Hmmm funny you should say that. I have been dealing with a one of their 'Account Manager' and he does come across a bit uncouth

[SantaClaus]

Advertising permie roles as contract is standard agency practice.

I guess we could start a whole thread on underhand agency tricks.

[ratewhore]

In my humble experience, Aston Carter are a bunch of barrow boys...

[expat]

Animal testing! Crikey.



Is it? ......is it really .....

I fear that it is

[Peoplesoft bloke]

blah blah blah..... felt very relieved to break out of monkey testing

Animal testing! Crikey.

£70K is a lot of wongas for a permie role......

Is it? ......is it really .....

[expat]

I'd be happy to accept a permie position, but since I actually prefer contracting for non-monetary reasons, the salary would have to be considerably better than a good year's contracting.

For some reason this never seems to be what they had in mind.

[zara_backdog]

Yeap - went for an interview for a role for a 6 month role and then the agent said it was now foe a 'fixed Term' contract 18-24 months and they wanted me back for a 2nd interview.

I declined! I do not want to do a fixed term contract on a permi wage without permie benefits.

Role was advertised for a good 2 weeks after.

[Crusoe101]

Kanu, you read my mind....

Same agency!

[Crusoe101]

You dont have to spell to be an IT service manager or Service Delivery manager.....

Plus theres no dam Spell check on hotmail.....


70K for investment IT in management?????

[Wilmslow]

Well, my contract was really after a permie person.

I cracked after 6 months, but, more than happy to accept as it really is advancing my career - felt very relieved to break out of monkey testing and focus on quality processes, so I consider it a result.

Plan is to get skilled up, then booger off after 2-3 years when the market is a little calmer.

£70K is a lot of wongas for a permie role......

[voodooflux]

Although I am not closed mind to permenant positions, a permenant role would have to be an advancement on my career which this role is not.

I hope you ran that through the spellchecker before you sent it

[kanulondon]

An agent called me about a similar role yesterday...the funny thing was that he gave me the exact same chat too!

Was contract but I have spoken to X manager and Y company and now its perm...


BULLTIP!

Name and shame time.....my agent was from Aston Carter

KL