Reply to: Agent trying to work out my income for role

[ChimpMaster]

At least you're getting calls.

[MicrosoftBob]

Tell them if they throw in free drugs and hookers for every day you'll take it, if that doesn't make them go away they're insane

[speling bee]

Hmmm. So agent phones. Rate is £100 lower than normal for me and it would mean at least a few nights week away.

So agent has now emailed me with his 'estimate' of how much hotels, petrol, tax costs and asked me if £x per month is enough to live on.

Obviously struggling to get someone.

I thought £72.40 per week plus a warrant for the bus fare was your bottom line. Quote 10% more than that to leave space for negotiation.

[psychocandy]

The expenses aren't on top of the daily rate. The agent is saying here is £50 and a magic bean, surely that's enough to live on...

Yep. Agent is trying to tell me that with day rate at x even if I have to pay hotel, travel, tax etc I'll still have Y which is loads.

Y is not loads and who knows how he worked this out because I dont know.

[eek]

I must be missing something here.

Surely )(normal day rate - £100) + (£125/ night hotel + Mileage)) > normal day rate?

Can't you say you'd be happy to work for (low day rate + generous expenses)?

The expenses aren't on top of the daily rate. The agent is saying here is £50 and a magic bean, surely that's enough to live on...

[RetSet]

Hmmm. So agent phones. Rate is £100 lower than normal for me and it would mean at least a few nights week away.

So agent has now emailed me with his 'estimate' of how much hotels, petrol, tax costs and asked me if £x per month is enough to live on.

Obviously struggling to get someone.

I must be missing something here.

Surely )(normal day rate - £100) + (£125/ night hotel + Mileage)) > normal day rate?

Can't you say you'd be happy to work for (low day rate + generous expenses)?

[JRCT]

he said if I provided 2 references and they came back good, maybe the client would look at my rate. Yeh ok.

And if they don't? You can still have the job, but at MY rate.

[DodgyAgent]

And when the conversation was ended, he said if I provided 2 references and they came back good, maybe the client would look at my rate. Yeh ok.

thank god for that I thought for a minute he was going soft

[evilagent]

Just ask him for a flat day rate.
(and not to bother being helpful)
Or you just tell him what the rate you want.

Tell him that whether you stay at a B&B or the local Hilton is your decision and will come out of the flat day rate at your discretion.

[psychocandy]

anything wrong with that?

Im all for people making a living but its pushing it a bit when a pimp is trying to tell me how much I can make out of the deal. Like I said, its hardly based on fact, is it?

Like someone said, buy a car, its not the total figure you get told its how much per month to make it sound better.

Weird thing is I told pimp exactly how much my mininum yet he still tried this approach.

And when the conversation was ended, he said if I provided 2 references and they came back good, maybe the client would look at my rate. Yeh ok.

[TheFaQQer]

anything wrong with that?

Yes. The word "role" is misspelled.

[MyUserName]

anything wrong with that?

Nope, hence my shrug

[DodgyAgent]

*shrug*

He is trying to get a commission, that is how he pays his bills. Sounds like he is struggling to fill the roll so he is trying anything he can.

anything wrong with that?

[MyUserName]

Sounds like a smaller piece of bread or a bigger filling might be in order

Well yes he cannot fill his roll until he fills his role hence him trying so hard.

[TheFaQQer]

Sounds like he is struggling to fill the roll so he is trying anything he can.

Sounds like a smaller piece of bread or a bigger filling might be in order