Reply to: Humph. Annoyed.

[TheFaQQer]

Ain't it just. Agent has called and said they would like to interview me next week. Hope I wasn't being rash in telling them to shove it.

You may as well go to the interview - you might have the chance to impress even more and increase the rate.

Maybe the agent could reduce their margin a shade as well? Might be worth considering once you have got the role.

I had a similar thing the other week - cut the rate because I'm too expensive, and then they worried that I might leave early because they weren't paying enough. Idiots.

Best of luck out there, anyway.

[MaryPoppins]

Aint it funny how these 'mistakes' always go one way

Ain't it just. Agent has called and said they would like to interview me next week. Hope I wasn't being rash in telling them to shove it.

[EternalOptimist]

Apparantly, incredibly, the hiring manager "realised" he'd made a mistake with the budget allocated for the role. Fancy that.

Aint it funny how these 'mistakes' always go one way

[MaryPoppins]

miserable flipers, they think they have you over a barrell, lets hope you get the other gig at least you have some leverage.

Did they say why they think they can get away with it?

Apparantly, incredibly, the hiring manager "realised" he'd made a mistake with the budget allocated for the role. Fancy that.

[Zippy]

Bad luck MP. Maybe you can wangle your way back in to client #1?

[vetran]

miserable feckers, they think they have you over a barrell, lets hope you get the other gig at least you have some leverage.

Did they say why they think they can get away with it?

[MaryPoppins]

Well I like your CV amongst other things, so good luck and keep up the pressure!

PZZ

Gosh, well, give me a flippin' job then!

[pzz76077]

Ha ha are you drinking? Sounded a bit manic, that. I did email the other agent today actually and said I was still up for the role, he said he will contact his client as they did like my CV. So who knows, cross your fingers!

Well I like your CV amongst other things, so good luck and keep up the pressure!

PZZ

[MaryPoppins]

Call the other ones back and tell them you were expecting a call back from them, what went wrong, how come they are being non-communicative etc, GET THE GIG!¬!

PZZ

Ha ha are you drinking? Sounded a bit manic, that. I did email the other agent today actually and said I was still up for the role, he said he will contact his client as they did like my CV. So who knows, cross your fingers!

[pzz76077]

Call the other ones back and tell them you were expecting a call back from them, what went wrong, how come they are being non-communicative etc, GET THE GIG!¬!

PZZ

[MaryPoppins]

Any way you could do some of the work at home? Would they agree?

Nah, and it's never something I want to broach before the start of a role, looks bad I think. Given that they know I'm a single mother they will assume the worst I expect. Fluff them, I will get something else soon hopefully.

[OrangeHopper]

Any way you could do some of the work at home? Would they agree?

[MaryPoppins]

Letting the customer pick their own price is always a bad idea.

I didn't have much choice!

[worzelGummidge]

No. You were not being cheeky. You were being professional. They dropped the rate from the one advertised. Bad luck, hopefully something more suitable will turn up.

[thunderlizard]

they have 'concerns' about risking offering me a contract based on my unhappiness with the rate

well, they know what they can do to remove that little problem don't they?
Letting the customer pick their own price is always a bad idea.