Trumped to a PHP contract by cheapskate who accepted £80 per day!

[OwlHoot]

I don't flipping believe it! I was a shoe-in for a PHP contract paying £240 per day, which is pretty derisory in itself.

But today the agent rang to say the client had taken someone else, from another agency, who had accepted a daily rate of £80! FFS - That's almost the minimum wage!

Even the agent was gobsmacked, and in fairness warned the client in so many words that the monkey they had taken on was probably barely toilet trained let alone qualified to tap out PHP.

But it goes to show how the market is becoming. She said rates in PHP were sinking across the board, and most I have seen in recent days are offering at most £220 per day. Luckily I also have perl and .Net, but there are hardly any perl contracts around at the moment.

I'm currently feeling as gloomy as the pooch in my avatar.

[chris79]

Chin up mate and keep hammering for jobs, something will come up.. that sounds a bit of a freak bit of bad luck.. £80 .. can't be a professional contractor surely.. or maybe the guy is a millionaire and does it for a laugh.

[Liability]

sounds like a FOB Indian who got rights to work in the UK or a European

I can't see how anyone else could afford to even take a role like that.

[Doggy Styles]

I don't flipping believe it! I was a shoe-in for a PHP contract paying £240 per day, which is pretty derisory in itself.

But today the agent rang to say the client had taken someone else, from another agency, who had accepted a daily rate of £80! FFS - That's almost the minimum wage! :

That's pretty shocking Owler.

I wonder if it's a portent of things to come.

[bodnobal]

£80 per day for PHP, jesus how on earth do such niche markets command such a high rate.

OP get yourself into a proper contractor market.

[NickFitz]

£80 per day for PHP, jesus how on earth do such niche markets command such a high rate.

OP get yourself into a proper contractor market.

You haven't really got the hang of this trolling lark yet, have you?

Still, keep trying - if you work at it, you might become as ignorable as DP or sappatz

[minestrone]

That is probably what I earned on my first permie job after leaving Uni.

[PM-Junkie]

Hi folks -

I just got myself a great little PHP gig. Talking to the agent/customer about what they actually need it's obvious I can knock off what they want for a couple of hours a day, and don't even need to be onsite. So I bid £80 per day...I am still free to do other gigs, or I may subcontract the work and still make a profit.

I'm happy, the customer is happy because they have saved money, and the agent is happy because the customer thinks they have discovered someone who won't rip them off.

[BrilloPad]

Sorry to hear that - I bet in a month they will have kicked the monkey out and the job will be yours.

[zara_backdog]

Sorry to hear that - I bet in a month they will have kicked the monkey out and the job will be yours.

Either that or the monkey will have jumped. Either will not be able to hack the role, or if they are any good will find a gig on a higher rate..