Reply to: Scooterscot's love affair with the Germans - how long will it last?

[Churchill]

Where have you been shorty? (statement and question )

Nope, not been to Shorty. Although, I do believe it's a very nice place.

[DodgyAgent]

*That* was a statement you illiterate cretin! No wonder you're *just* an "agent".

Where have you been shorty? (statement and question )

[Churchill]

The question you should have asked is:

"Because Pooperscoop cant make friends in Germany he is having to convince himself that moving there was wothwhile"

*That* was a statement you illiterate cretin! No wonder you're *just* an "agent".

[chef]

London pays better than Germany??? I think not, in my field I've spent the last 2.5yrs working/living in Germany and just 2days working in the Uk. Agents have tried to tempt me to take Uk contracts but the rate is usually circa 100GBP per day less than I'm on here and they expect an all inclusive price rather than rate+expenses.
Thanks but I'm very happy with my German lifestyle, when I go back to the Uk and mix with my old circle of friends I realise I made the right choice and this doesn't seem likely to change in the near future.
Sas, you're talking tulipe as always.

[darmstadt]

You're making another asinine statement comparing "the City" with Germany.

Weren't you doing that just here:

That's almost certainly because you are mediocre.
The Germans are so short of IT bods they'll pay over the odds for anybody.
But they won't pay you the up-to-thousands per day you'll get in the City if you're top notch.

My point is if you're the best, London will pay the best - and maybe Frankfurt for that matter.

[scooterscot]

And of course UK agents try to flog some German jobs as well at post-crisis UK rates, so as to pocket the difference. Advice to anyone thinking about leaving the UK: don't use an English goon for a job on the Continent.

For sure.

Story about that, English agent attempted to secure my Munich position but did not want to use them, it felt like dealing with dell boy.

I told them i'd find another agent willing to deal with the client. They told me you'll never be successful etc. In fact they became very aggressive on the other end of the phone.

Signed with a German agency 24 hours later, who had not one contractor on site.

[scooterscot]

Sorry but the City doesn't pay that much, not in my area anyway. UK agents ring me up quite often about various positions in the City yet can't match my rate, even when I'm working in the middle of nowhere Germany. Their excuse is that they can get someone cheaper local, yet they still have to ring me up. I've worked in the City and quite honestly wouldn't do it again.

Agree.

In fact I'm in the process of completing a London contract at the minute whilst working in a far away land. Charging a fixed price for the job. What strikes me is they could not find a candidate in the whole of the UK for the position. Clients are choosing very carefully who they shall employ and don't want to spend top dollar on agent fees.

[darrenb]

Sorry but the City doesn't pay that much, not in my area anyway. UK agents ring me up quite often about various positions in the City yet can't match my rate, even when I'm working in the middle of nowhere Germany. Their excuse is that they can get someone cheaper local, yet they still have to ring me up. I've worked in the City and quite honestly wouldn't do it again.

And of course UK agents try to flog some German jobs as well at post-crisis UK rates, so as to pocket the difference. Advice to anyone thinking about leaving the UK: don't use an English goon for a job on the Continent.

[sasguru]

Sorry but the City doesn't pay that much, not in my area anyway. UK agents ring me up quite often about various positions in the City yet can't match my rate, even when I'm working in the middle of nowhere Germany. Their excuse is that they can get someone cheaper local, yet they still have to ring me up. I've worked in the City and quite honestly wouldn't do it again.

What are your skills/what do you do? Clearly the City rates vary according to perceived value.
You're making another asinine statement comparing "the City" with Germany.

[darmstadt]

That's almost certainly because you are mediocre.
The Germans are so short of IT bods they'll pay over the odds for anybody.
But they won't pay you the up-to-thousands per day you'll get in the City if you're top notch.

My point is if you're the best, London will pay the best - and maybe Frankfurt for that matter.

Of course you're right its not all about money - but I'd rather earn the money in the City when I'm young then retire in luxury to Berlin or wherever if that took my fancy.

Sorry but the City doesn't pay that much, not in my area anyway. UK agents ring me up quite often about various positions in the City yet can't match my rate, even when I'm working in the middle of nowhere Germany. Their excuse is that they can get someone cheaper local, yet they still have to ring me up. I've worked in the City and quite honestly wouldn't do it again.

[sasguru]

You don't need to suck up to me. I will still not be your friend.
FOAD

By the way, there is a spelling error in your juvenile poll, fix it moron.

Thanks for proving my point that the Germans will hire any mediocrity going as they're so desperate.

[ThomasSoerensen]

That's almost certainly because you are mediocre.
The Germans are so short of IT bods they'll pay over the odds for anybody.
But they won't pay you the up-to-thousands per day you'll get in the City if you're top notch.

My point is if you're the best, London will pay the best - and maybe Frankfurt for that matter.

Of course you're right its not all about money - but I'd rather earn the money in the City when I'm young then retire in luxury to Berlin or wherever if that took my fancy.

You don't need to suck up to me. I will still not be your friend.
FOAD

By the way, there is a spelling error in your juvenile poll, fix it moron.

[shaunbhoy]

Of course you're right its not all about money - but I'd rather earn the money in the City when I'm young

Yeah, you go for it sas. We all think you are "special".

[sasguru]

I am earning more here than I would in central London. .

That's almost certainly because you are mediocre.
The Germans are so short of IT bods they'll pay over the odds for anybody.
But they won't pay you the up-to-thousands per day you'll get in the City if you're top notch.

My point is if you're the best, London will pay the best - and maybe Frankfurt for that matter.

Of course you're right its not all about money - but I'd rather earn the money in the City when I'm young then retire in luxury to Berlin or wherever if that took my fancy.

[shaunbhoy]

Is it fact? How do we know? Is this an example of the British oneupmanship we hear about? My car, my house, my boat, my wife...A sad example of materialism where you have to point out that you have a shed which costs as much as a house up north in an overly priced building to keep you warm during those bleak midwinters that seem to occur with so much regularity now (on a bloody Internet forum as well!)

All a sign of the huge insecurities that surround sasguru I'm afraid Darmstadt.
It could properly be defined as a personality disorder, if it were ever to be established that he possesses a personality. So far that is looking unlikely though.
Just humour him............everyone else does......even his nurses. That is why they let him on the Internet if he finishes up all of his dinner.