agent professionalism

[TheVoice]

Too many people forget that the basic definition of "professional" is:-

"Doing something & getting paid for it"

In which case, professionalism has nothing to do with the way you do the job, so long as you do it & get paid.

That said, all pimps are utter twunts...I havent found a decent one in my many years at this game

[vetran]

Answer - I don't have to imagine it happens every day!

[Clippy]

so thats twice now you've posted threads to let us all know how much you're getting a day - smug much

Not just these posts but most of them.

[RichardCranium]

Back in permie days one boss kept telling me I was earning a lot. Ignore the twunt.

I dealt with that by sitting one previous permie boss down and showing him where the money goes.

Starting with a line marked 0 ... 100 I took off the VAT (goes to the government) then took off 20% for the agent then took off suitable amounts for the employer's NI (goes to the government), personal NI (goes to the government) and PAYE (goes to the government). Then 10% for leave & 10% for sick. Then £5k for training, manuals and kit.

(NB: this was the early days of IR35 when it looked like we were all caught by it.)

There was far less left than his take home. And the %age going to the government was greater than his gross salary. Seeing as he was a civil servant...

He was actually sympathetic to subsequent rate increases after that.

Meanwhile, we had a team of 15 or so Big Five consultants at the other end of the corridor working on the outsourcing of the IT department, each costing between £1,000 and £1,800 per day.


So instead of ignoring the twunts, educate them.

[d000hg]

Agent: wow imagine getting £500 a day
You: wow imagine you're getting £100/day for doing nothing out of it

[Sysman]

Starting with a new client today - agent pushes through all contract, ref, opt-out forms requesting me to sign before I receive them. Then he comments on the rate "£500+ wow imagine getting that in your bank account everyday"

indeed.

Is it too much to ask for a little professionalism? Calling me every 5 minutes trying to screw things up with the client. What a noob.

Back in permie days one boss kept telling me I was earning a lot. Ignore the twunt.

[scooterscot]

so thats twice now you've posted threads to let us all know how much you're getting a day - smug much

Where oh where did I mention the other contracts?

[Pogle]

Starting with a new client today - agent pushes through all contract, ref, opt-out forms requesting me to sign before I receive them. Then he comments on the rate "£500+ wow imagine getting that in your bank account everyday"

indeed.

Is it too much to ask for a little professionalism? Calling me every 5 minutes trying to screw things up with the client. What a noob.

so thats twice now you've posted threads to let us all know how much you're getting a day - smug much

[SantaClaus]

'agent professionalism'
Congratulations on reaching the top of the 'Oxymoron of the week' league table!

lol

I've never seen those two words used together either!

[Mich the Tester]

'agent professionalism'
Congratulations on reaching the top of the 'Oxymoron of the week' league table!

[scooterscot]

You are expecting too much . Now you've got the gig, you can ignore him.

Sometimes I get lulled into thinking there's a meaningful collaboration to be had between myself and the agent to better serve the client, then all is lost at a slip of the tongue. I'm still drying off their drool generated from chasing pound signs.

[nomadd]

Then he comments on the rate "£500+ wow imagine getting that in your bank account everyday"

You should have just replied: "Each of my girls brings me in £500+ per night, so I'm used to it. ...Are you looking for some action, BTW?" "

Nomadd

[Zippy]

You are expecting too much . Now you've got the gig, you can ignore him.

[RichardCranium]

Is it too much to ask for a little professionalism?

From an agent?

Yes.

[scooterscot]

Starting with a new client today - agent pushes through all contract, ref, opt-out forms requesting me to sign before I receive them. Then he comments on the rate "£500+ wow imagine getting that in your bank account everyday"

indeed.

Is it too much to ask for a little professionalism? Calling me every 5 minutes trying to screw things up with the client. What a noob.