I've just had an agent call me at the clients claiming to be from the microsoft marketing department offering freebies and is there anyone else I know who would want one. I frickin fell for it!!! Not happy, nor is the client. Watch out for this. Man I hate agents!!!!
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Originally posted by FishedINI've just had an agent call me at the clients claiming to be from the microsoft marketing department offering freebies and is there anyone else I know who would want one. I frickin fell for it!!! Not happy, nor is the client. Watch out for this. Man I hate agents!!!!
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Originally posted by FishedINI've just had an agent call me at the clients claiming to be from the microsoft marketing department offering freebies and is there anyone else I know who would want one. I frickin fell for it!!! Not happy, nor is the client. Watch out for this. Man I hate agents!!!!
Do I smell hypocrisy here?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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I'm just sore that I fell for this tactic in front of my client. I don't hate agents - It's just embarrassing!Last edited by FishedIN; 26 February 2007, 15:45.Comment
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Originally posted by FishedINI'm just saw that I fell for this tactic in front of my client. I don't hate agents - It's just embarrassing!
How did you work out who they really were?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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They didn't ask for any address information to send the "goodies" to, they were sketchy about what exactly it was they were sending and if they were genuine then they would have been contacting the purchasing manager / lead dev instead of a contractor. Man - the more I think about it the worse it gets. You live and learn.Comment
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I've had agents call me a few times at a different clients sites, they claim 'somebody' told them I was the person to speak to and when I tell them im a contractor they act all surprised and ask if I know who to speak to!
Shameless!Comment
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Originally posted by dotnetterI've had agents call me a few times at a different clients sites, they claim 'somebody' told them I was the person to speak to and when I tell them im a contractor they act all surprised and ask if I know who to speak to!
Shameless!Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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It's shameless because it's not going through the proper channels. Had any of my clients asked how the agency got my DESK phone number It could have been seen to them they got it from my CV somehow. i.e. looked up my current job place, randomly phoned up the switchboard and asked for my name, just to try and get a contact name out of me so he can place more contractors in there.
Hardly any benefit for me thereComment
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Originally posted by DennyCome of DA, 'fess up' - it was you, wasn't it!Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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