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    Originally posted by PCTNN View Post
    After some sign of life in the past few weeks, the situation has gotten very bad very quickly.

    In the last 2 weeks I had:

    - 1 contract role that was pulled by client after my cv was submitted and had an initial conversation wit the agent
    - 1 contract role that was advertised as being at its last stages of approval...also scrapped (didn't even apply for it)
    - 1 rejection from a permie role I wouldn't have touched with a 10-foot pole 12 months ago

    6 weeks, then it's very likely to be bench time for me
    I'm actually seeing a rather severally declining trend when it comes to even perm job offers (ignoring contracts altogether as that seems to be dead). I think most were hoping that September would kick things off a bit, seems like it's gone the other way, every week seems to be a bit worse than the previous one :/

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      Originally posted by founder View Post
      turns out 400 was just a hook, client said Max could pay 300. Why didn't even put those stupid things in the email
      Or the agent had negotiated an inclusive day rate of £400 plus £x with the client and decided to chance their arm and see if he could gain £100 more margin.

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        Originally posted by BigDataPro View Post
        Just got the email. Back to bench from 5th Oct. Projects are getting canned everywhere.

        It's not strictly 4 weeks notice as agreed but that's ok, I am fine with it.
        Client is seriously considering keeping me and is looking at various projects where they can fit me in. I think 3 factors are making this happen.

        1. Flexibility - I didn't whine when the notice period was short
        2. Skillset - Exaggerated through my recent certifications
        3. Rate - Not too high or low. Just 10% - 15% less than pre-covid rates.

        So there is light at the end of this week!

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          Originally posted by BigDataPro View Post
          Client is seriously considering keeping me and is looking at various projects where they can fit me in. I think 3 factors are making this happen.

          1. Flexibility - I didn't whine when the notice period was short
          2. Skillset - Exaggerated through my recent certifications
          3. Rate - Not too high or low. Just 10% - 15% less than pre-covid rates.

          So there is light at the end of this week!
          Good luck with that!

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            Bad results on two contract gigs I interviewed for, sigh. One said they reduced the project requirements from 4 to 2 headcount, so they extended offers to people with a few more years experience than me. And the second, the hiring manager told me that there's a strong chance she will offer me the gig but wants to interview a few more candidates, as she's looking for someone with at least 3yrs exposure to private equity (whereas I have 2yrs); so she's holding onto me as Plan B. Fine margins, eh.

            These companies are totally just screwing people around. Processes are taking so long and they just place you into a holding pattern. It's not reassuring to know you're a Plan B from a job safety/security perspective. Think I'll settle for my lower paid & hopefully more secure Permie offer until a genuinely viable contract comes up. If ever.

            Imo if theres a No Deal brexit, all of these new jobs and many existing jobs will be canned.

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              Originally posted by sira View Post
              Bad results on two contract gigs I interviewed for, sigh. One said they reduced the project requirements from 4 to 2 headcount, so they extended offers to people with a few more years experience than me. And the second, the hiring manager told me that there's a strong chance she will offer me the gig but wants to interview a few more candidates, as she's looking for someone with at least 3yrs exposure to private equity (whereas I have 2yrs); so she's holding onto me as Plan B. Fine margins, eh.

              These companies are totally just screwing people around. Processes are taking so long and they just place you into a holding pattern. It's not reassuring to know you're a Plan B from a job safety/security perspective. Think I'll settle for my lower paid & hopefully more secure Permie offer until a genuinely viable contract comes up. If ever.

              Imo if theres a No Deal brexit, all of these new jobs and many existing jobs will be canned.
              just make a startup that takes their business

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                Originally posted by edison View Post
                Or the agent had negotiated an inclusive day rate of £400 plus £x with the client and decided to chance their arm and see if he could gain £100 more margin.
                prob got a nice cowboy coders, client wont be able to tell the diff for 6 months

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                  Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                  The exact same contract ad has been posted by about 10 agencies now

                  Recession does bring out the worst among receuiters.
                  There's another company as well ' Joseph Harry Ltd'. Total bulltulip roles, plenty of them paying over market rate.

                  joseph harry ltd - Google Search,,,

                  Says it all.

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                    Originally posted by oliverson View Post
                    There's another company as well ' Joseph Harry Ltd'. Total bulltulip roles, plenty of them paying over market rate.

                    joseph harry ltd - Google Search,,,

                    Says it all.
                    Their gigs on JS are very odd.
                    They'll post the same job or contract JD twice on the same day with different rates or salary. This is done every time.

                    e.g.
                    React Dev - contract
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTtV - £550-700 pday
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTtX - £400-550 pday

                    React Dev - perm
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTtc - £110-130k
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTtk - £90-110k

                    The next one is posted as contract and perm
                    Python Javascript Dev
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTt4 - £80-110k
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IZTt5 - £400-550 pday
                    They're exactly the same, they've just tweaked the desirable requirements, swaped the order or changed one line.

                    This one has been listed twice with different salaries, but they've inserted a cariage return on one of them:
                    Java dev PERM
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IcD19
                    https://www.jobserve.com/IcD18

                    This goes on and on throughout all of their listings, no exceptions.

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                      Originally posted by CheeseSlice View Post
                      Their gigs on JS are very odd.
                      They'll post the same job or contract JD twice on the same day with different rates or salary. This is done every time.

                      e.g.
                      React Dev - contract
                      Job Expired - £550-700 pday
                      Job Expired - £400-550 pday

                      React Dev - perm
                      Job Expired - £110-130k
                      Job Expired - £90-110k

                      The next one is posted as contract and perm
                      Python Javascript Dev
                      Job Expired - £80-110k
                      https://www.jobserve.com/IZTt5 - £400-550 pday
                      They're exactly the same, they've just tweaked the desirable requirements, swaped the order or changed one line.

                      This one has been listed twice with different salaries, but they've inserted a cariage return on one of them:
                      Java dev PERM
                      https://www.jobserve.com/IcD19
                      https://www.jobserve.com/IcD18

                      This goes on and on throughout all of their listings, no exceptions.
                      Yes, those are the ones I've seen. I've not found an effective way of filtering them out of my JS search. Very frustrating.

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