On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Dirk Koopman <d...@tobit.co.uk> wrote: > Jonathan Stowe wrote: > >> It's the recruiter doing it - the poor sap candidates are probably >> getting 300 or less and will have been told that is the most that the >> client is going to pay. The recruiter doesn't care, they might start >> introducing a differential depending on whether they can drive the >> candidates down any more if the client starts to hedge. They want to >> keep their figure in straight up monetary terms - they don't want to >> take the same percent of a smaller rate. >> > > £300? Don't be daft. A lot of recruiters wouldn't get out of bed for ~25%, > they will be looking for at least %50 (and in the bad old days 100%). I > would not be surprised if the saps are being offered £200 "in these > difficult times". > > Or have we all forgotten how much we hate these people?
At the risk of jumping to the defence of a recruiter(!!), this chap seems pretty straight up and quoted that his cut is 50quid/day. Thanks Dave for the hard numbers! That's what I was after. P
