IMHO, the request for "references" was just a ruse to expand his contact list.
Fred -----Original Message----- From: Ruzi R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spiraling downhill I have seen so much worse ads in that they want you to be expert in everything under the sun (from C++ and J2EE to RPG and Assembler, from Mainframe to UNIX, OS/400, from SeeBeyond to MQ, TIBCO... the list is a mile long) with not only development but project leading/management and DB/MQ Administration expertise......... And the job title might say only "Developer". Rate $30/h. I agree with Chris when he says that the contracting agencies are taking advantage of the situation. For example, I have never needed a reference up until this year. The other day an employment agency asked me to provide him with 6 references even though he did not have anything for me at all. He wanted to check with all of my references beforehand. I just ignored and did not deal with him. He called me a week later for a contract and immediately submitted my resume WITHOUT the references My personal opinion, based on what I have been hearing, is that the situation is not going to improve much in the near future NOT as long as the off-shore-cheap-labor exists Best regards, Ruzi --- "Fryett.Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here! Here! > > It is more common today that contracting agencies > are taking advantage of the large surplus of > unemployed by paying really bad, but charging the > clients a lot. I suspect that this contract agency > if it is one is charging the client 50-75 percent > over this amount. > > Let me know when you get that tin can and I'll join > you ;-) > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Broderick > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Spiraling downhill > > > This is not a technical issue so take a back seat if > you want to complain > > WOW. Look at this. Notice the rate???? > > SKILLS REQUIRED: MQ Series, Unix, mainframe > LOCATION: Hicksville, NY > RATE: $25-30/hr > AREA: 516 > LENGTH: 12 months > TERM: CON_IND CON_CORP > SUMMARY: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx has an immediate opening > for a Software Support > Specialist. Candidate should be able work as a MQ > Series administrator and > support various MQ series messaging infrastructure > related projects. > Candidate must be familiar with MQSeries V5.2 and... > > You know there is a vagrant who hangs out in fromnt > of Grand Central > Station. They did and article on him a few years > back in the NY Times. He > supposedly make about 100+ K a year pan handeling. I > think after my current > contract ends I'm going to the hardware store to get > a tin cup and increase > my revenue why decreasing my exposure to STRESS!! We > need to start a > UNION!!! > > > bee-oh-dubble-bee-dubble-egh > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 > months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > > ***************************************************************** > The information transmitted is intended solely for > the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and > may > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > review, retransmission, dissemination or other use > of > or taking action in reliance upon this information > by > persons or entities other than the intended > recipient > is prohibited. If you have received this email in > error > please contact the sender and delete the material > from any computer. > **************************************************************** > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive
