Just phoned an agent about a simple Crystal role up the road. Little below my usual rate but I though £300pd for a couple of weeks up the road was great. But I had been beaten to it.
A contractor had been placed. The agent said to me - Yeah he's written 10000 reports - have you?
"Errr No?" was the reply.
"Oh well he has"
"How much did you place this whizz for then?"
"£220 p/d and the next one only wanted £200"
"Oh Ok. Cant compete with that. Was his name Billy?" - I asked
"What Billy Whizz?"
"No Billy Bulltulipter!"
"Why" Asked the naive agent.
Well work it out. 10000 reports at 1 hour a report(bear minimum) is over 5 years of work with no toilet breaks, lunch, holidays etc etc at 100% utilization with no meetings and someone that good aint gonna charge that.
"Sniff sniff. I smell BULLtulip"
A contractor had been placed. The agent said to me - Yeah he's written 10000 reports - have you?
"Errr No?" was the reply.
"Oh well he has"
"How much did you place this whizz for then?"
"£220 p/d and the next one only wanted £200"
"Oh Ok. Cant compete with that. Was his name Billy?" - I asked
"What Billy Whizz?"
"No Billy Bulltulipter!"
"Why" Asked the naive agent.
Well work it out. 10000 reports at 1 hour a report(bear minimum) is over 5 years of work with no toilet breaks, lunch, holidays etc etc at 100% utilization with no meetings and someone that good aint gonna charge that.
"Sniff sniff. I smell BULLtulip"
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