Got phoned about a role on Friday from an Agent, said I was interested and agreed the rate. This morning another Agent from same company phoned and said, the client had changed their budget and reduced the rate by 10%. WTF!!. I stuck to my inital rate but no dice
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Originally posted by Diestl View PostGot phoned about a role on Friday from an Agent, said I was interested and agreed the rate. This morning another Agent from same company phoned and said, the client had changed their budget and reduced the rate by 10%. WTF!!. I stuck to my inital rate but no dice
Sounds more like the agent trying to cut you to the bone, or one of his mates "I bet I can get him cheaper".
What can you realistcially do except walk away?Cooking doesn't get tougher than this. -
In the dotcom crash slump the desperate agents were haggling the rates down like this all the time. I remember one job being 400 a day at 9am in the morning and down below 300 later that day as all the agents rang the client offering people at a lower rate to try and get in there.Comment
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Originally posted by rootsnall View PostIn the dotcom crash slump the desperate agents were haggling the rates down like this all the time. I remember one job being 400 a day at 9am in the morning and down below 300 later that day as all the agents rang the client offering people at a lower rate to try and get in there.
The fact that in this case it was another agent from the same company is very suspect that this may indeed be what has happened.Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.Comment
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Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View PostThis is true, agent gazundering was rife. The agent would get verbal agreement from client and contractor, then some other agent (sometimes in the same agency) would phone up the manager and say "let me price beat you - if you've accepted a client, I guarantee I can get you someone similar for £30 a day less, signed off today". Then the original agent gets a call and is forced to try to get the original contractor to go cheaper to undercut.
The fact that in this case it was another agent from the same company is very suspect that this may indeed be what has happened.Comment
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Originally posted by Diestl View PostGot phoned about a role on Friday from an Agent, said I was interested and agreed the rate. This morning another Agent from same company phoned and said, the client had changed their budget and reduced the rate by 10%. WTF!!. I stuck to my inital rate but no dice
1- What is the rate - and how much is 10% actually is?
2- How long is the contract for - if long term and chances of renewal then I'd say take it, at renewal you can re-negotiate
3- Is the company a good name on your CV
4- Are there opportunities to X-Train and gain new skills
5- Do you find the project interesting and really want to take part of it?
6- How's the team and your PM?
I do think it may be likely that the client reduced the budget, or it could be that they never agreed such rate with the agency. True the agreement of the budget is normally prior to advertising the post, but may be they had a budget for XXX for contractors for that project the rest of the year, so if they had several contractors, they may need to balance the rate…. Also don’t forget companies are aware of the market situation and they also play the game. In my previous contract the PM actually was a contractor himself and saw it was his duty to squeeze every last penny of the budget to look good in his permie programme manager's eyes!!Comment
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Originally posted by SandyDown View PostIn my previous contract the PM actually was a contractor himself and saw it was his duty to squeeze every last penny of the budget to look good in his permie programme manager's eyes!!Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.Comment
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Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View PostI hope you didn't kill him too quickly.Comment
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