I been watching this thread And along the way
I think one important point is over looked There are two sets of people 1) those who really don’t need or can survive Without the job but like to be occupied 2) those who need a job to put bread on the table Based on the situation the reaction might be different > On Jul 24, 2025, at 8:45 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom: > > I understand your feelings. But walk a mile in my shoes. Or is Steve Beaver's > shoes. > > I have had a contractor working with me, who had not realized that he had two > recruiters that he was going through to work on the project that I was on. > And he was having to wait 60 days to get paid. > > Then was the recruiting company pretending to be the primary contractor, and > said to us that if we wanted paid in 30 days we needed to give up 2% of our > invoice. That was when we decided to drop that contract before we signed. > > That brings up yet another problem. They want to do everything minimalist > including using emails.... But they don't have the budget for electronic > signatures..... > > Just walk a mile in our shoes. > > I have others that I worked with at IRS (just a short 2 months ago) that I > am having to explain to them how these recruiters work. How to spot the > scammers. > > Maybe only a quarter of a mile will get you to understand. > > Steve Thompson > > >> On 7/24/2025 6:28 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: >> Personally, I rather you just skip over any offers that don't meet your >> needs, instead of making responses like that which can reflect on all of us. >> >>> On 7/24/2025 2:47 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: >>> Update - I just received my FedEx tracking information for my Laptop >>> >>> I now have been contacted for TCS/Toyota contract over 550 times >>> >>> In addition I have been contacted for the San Bernardino job and I have >>> begun responding >>> >>> I don’t work for 1990’s wages and don’t work on-site or hybrid >>> Too bad so sad for you >>> >>> I will continue to do what I can to Support the IBM Mainframe US Based zOS >>> Systems Programmers >>> >>> You know it's been said that the only thing that will survive a nuclear war >>> are cock-roaches >>> We need to add to that list are off-shore recruiters >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Seymour J Metz >>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2025 12:45 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: US Based zOS Systems Programmers >>> >>> Itel sold very unreliable IBM-compatible disk drives. Their claim to fame >>> was suing GSA for requiring rather modest reliability levels with the claim >>> that they were impossible to meet. Memorex had no trouble meeting the >>> requirement. >>> >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
