Ridiculously low contract rate jobs

[meadandale]

[quote=eyePod]You can get under $30/hr (for 1000s of hours) for high end Software, Firmware, and Hardware engineers. So yes, it is out there at those rates in India if you look for it. Not that it has anything to do with the dopey recruiter, but someone mentioned India.[/quote]

Those aren’t ‘high end’ anything. I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve billed fixing stuff that was outsourced either offshore to India or to body shops full of H1B’s in the states. The quality isn’t even proportional to the cost. It’s WAY worse value for the dollar.

[Coronita]

[quote=meadandale][quote=flu]
I got some dodo recruiter that contacted me about a wonderful opportunity as a Junior QA engineer in florida from LinkedIn… I responded “do you even bother to try to read people’s profile?” Apparently not…[/quote]

Funny, my linked in profile says I’m an independent contractor…and some outsourcing company contacted me about outsourcing services they wanted to provide me. I read him the riot act about how he’s sending US jobs offshore for the cheapest cost at the expense of quality and people like him are directly affecting my ability to make a living.[/quote]

Dont worry about it. Because one thing for sure…The recruiting business is being outsourced. I’ve been getting calls from headhunters that are based in India recruiting for firms in the U.S. for local positions. It’s pretty funny, actually….

The last headhunter that called me (which I didn’t like, because he persuaded me to look into a startup and then said I was stupid for not taking a 30% paycut without additional equity compensation to offset (go figure)) ended up calling me back asking if I needed a recruiter because apparently he llet go and replaced by someone overseas….

Payback is a bitch isn’t it?

The majority of the recruiters aren’t really true recruiters with real connections. They are resume collectors and try to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.. They often the forward the resume to a real recruiter with connections and get a cut IF the person gets placed. You can usually tell those posers because if you try to talk about the biz, they have no clue, while as seasoned recruiters (while not knowing exactly the details) can figure out what you’re doing….As for the posers, they’re just leeches who try to get your contact and everyone one of your contacts on linkedin, and end up bugging everyone on your network, name dropping you…I got a lot of hate mail from some of my contacts because apparently one recruiter ended up contacting everyone on my linked in profile that was linked to me for a QA position…even folks that were VP’s/Directors…Go figure….

[Coronita]

[quote=meadandale][quote=flu]
I got some dodo recruiter that contacted me about a wonderful opportunity as a Junior QA engineer in florida from LinkedIn… I responded “do you even bother to try to read people’s profile?” Apparently not…[/quote]

Funny, my linked in profile says I’m an independent contractor…and some outsourcing company contacted me about outsourcing services they wanted to provide me. I read him the riot act about how he’s sending US jobs offshore for the cheapest cost at the expense of quality and people like him are directly affecting my ability to make a living.[/quote]

Dont worry about it. Because one thing for sure…The recruiting business is being outsourced. I’ve been getting calls from headhunters that are based in India recruiting for firms in the U.S. for local positions. It’s pretty funny, actually….

The last headhunter that called me (which I didn’t like, because he persuaded me to look into a startup and then said I was stupid for not taking a 30% paycut without additional equity compensation to offset (go figure)) ended up calling me back asking if I needed a recruiter because apparently he llet go and replaced by someone overseas….

Payback is a bitch isn’t it?

The majority of the recruiters aren’t really true recruiters with real connections. They are resume collectors and try to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.. They often the forward the resume to a real recruiter with connections and get a cut IF the person gets placed. You can usually tell those posers because if you try to talk about the biz, they have no clue, while as seasoned recruiters (while not knowing exactly the details) can figure out what you’re doing….As for the posers, they’re just leeches who try to get your contact and everyone one of your contacts on linkedin, and end up bugging everyone on your network, name dropping you…I got a lot of hate mail from some of my contacts because apparently one recruiter ended up contacting everyone on my linked in profile that was linked to me for a QA position…even folks that were VP’s/Directors…Go figure….

[Coronita]

[quote=meadandale][quote=flu]
I got some dodo recruiter that contacted me about a wonderful opportunity as a Junior QA engineer in florida from LinkedIn… I responded “do you even bother to try to read people’s profile?” Apparently not…[/quote]

Funny, my linked in profile says I’m an independent contractor…and some outsourcing company contacted me about outsourcing services they wanted to provide me. I read him the riot act about how he’s sending US jobs offshore for the cheapest cost at the expense of quality and people like him are directly affecting my ability to make a living.[/quote]

Dont worry about it. Because one thing for sure…The recruiting business is being outsourced. I’ve been getting calls from headhunters that are based in India recruiting for firms in the U.S. for local positions. It’s pretty funny, actually….

The last headhunter that called me (which I didn’t like, because he persuaded me to look into a startup and then said I was stupid for not taking a 30% paycut without additional equity compensation to offset (go figure)) ended up calling me back asking if I needed a recruiter because apparently he llet go and replaced by someone overseas….

Payback is a bitch isn’t it?

The majority of the recruiters aren’t really true recruiters with real connections. They are resume collectors and try to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.. They often the forward the resume to a real recruiter with connections and get a cut IF the person gets placed. You can usually tell those posers because if you try to talk about the biz, they have no clue, while as seasoned recruiters (while not knowing exactly the details) can figure out what you’re doing….As for the posers, they’re just leeches who try to get your contact and everyone one of your contacts on linkedin, and end up bugging everyone on your network, name dropping you…I got a lot of hate mail from some of my contacts because apparently one recruiter ended up contacting everyone on my linked in profile that was linked to me for a QA position…even folks that were VP’s/Directors…Go figure….

[Coronita]

[quote=meadandale][quote=flu]
I got some dodo recruiter that contacted me about a wonderful opportunity as a Junior QA engineer in florida from LinkedIn… I responded “do you even bother to try to read people’s profile?” Apparently not…[/quote]

Funny, my linked in profile says I’m an independent contractor…and some outsourcing company contacted me about outsourcing services they wanted to provide me. I read him the riot act about how he’s sending US jobs offshore for the cheapest cost at the expense of quality and people like him are directly affecting my ability to make a living.[/quote]

Dont worry about it. Because one thing for sure…The recruiting business is being outsourced. I’ve been getting calls from headhunters that are based in India recruiting for firms in the U.S. for local positions. It’s pretty funny, actually….

The last headhunter that called me (which I didn’t like, because he persuaded me to look into a startup and then said I was stupid for not taking a 30% paycut without additional equity compensation to offset (go figure)) ended up calling me back asking if I needed a recruiter because apparently he llet go and replaced by someone overseas….

Payback is a bitch isn’t it?

The majority of the recruiters aren’t really true recruiters with real connections. They are resume collectors and try to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.. They often the forward the resume to a real recruiter with connections and get a cut IF the person gets placed. You can usually tell those posers because if you try to talk about the biz, they have no clue, while as seasoned recruiters (while not knowing exactly the details) can figure out what you’re doing….As for the posers, they’re just leeches who try to get your contact and everyone one of your contacts on linkedin, and end up bugging everyone on your network, name dropping you…I got a lot of hate mail from some of my contacts because apparently one recruiter ended up contacting everyone on my linked in profile that was linked to me for a QA position…even folks that were VP’s/Directors…Go figure….

[Coronita]

[quote=meadandale][quote=flu]
I got some dodo recruiter that contacted me about a wonderful opportunity as a Junior QA engineer in florida from LinkedIn… I responded “do you even bother to try to read people’s profile?” Apparently not…[/quote]

Funny, my linked in profile says I’m an independent contractor…and some outsourcing company contacted me about outsourcing services they wanted to provide me. I read him the riot act about how he’s sending US jobs offshore for the cheapest cost at the expense of quality and people like him are directly affecting my ability to make a living.[/quote]

Dont worry about it. Because one thing for sure…The recruiting business is being outsourced. I’ve been getting calls from headhunters that are based in India recruiting for firms in the U.S. for local positions. It’s pretty funny, actually….

The last headhunter that called me (which I didn’t like, because he persuaded me to look into a startup and then said I was stupid for not taking a 30% paycut without additional equity compensation to offset (go figure)) ended up calling me back asking if I needed a recruiter because apparently he llet go and replaced by someone overseas….

Payback is a bitch isn’t it?

The majority of the recruiters aren’t really true recruiters with real connections. They are resume collectors and try to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.. They often the forward the resume to a real recruiter with connections and get a cut IF the person gets placed. You can usually tell those posers because if you try to talk about the biz, they have no clue, while as seasoned recruiters (while not knowing exactly the details) can figure out what you’re doing….As for the posers, they’re just leeches who try to get your contact and everyone one of your contacts on linkedin, and end up bugging everyone on your network, name dropping you…I got a lot of hate mail from some of my contacts because apparently one recruiter ended up contacting everyone on my linked in profile that was linked to me for a QA position…even folks that were VP’s/Directors…Go figure….

[joec]

Heh, this is funny…Yeah, those recruiters are worthless. They do treat it like sales and throw everything up on the wall to see if anything sticks…

Most are probably commission only so not the easiest job I don’t think…

[joec]

Heh, this is funny…Yeah, those recruiters are worthless. They do treat it like sales and throw everything up on the wall to see if anything sticks…

Most are probably commission only so not the easiest job I don’t think…

[joec]

Heh, this is funny…Yeah, those recruiters are worthless. They do treat it like sales and throw everything up on the wall to see if anything sticks…

Most are probably commission only so not the easiest job I don’t think…

[joec]

Heh, this is funny…Yeah, those recruiters are worthless. They do treat it like sales and throw everything up on the wall to see if anything sticks…

Most are probably commission only so not the easiest job I don’t think…

[joec]

Heh, this is funny…Yeah, those recruiters are worthless. They do treat it like sales and throw everything up on the wall to see if anything sticks…

Most are probably commission only so not the easiest job I don’t think…

[CDMA ENG]

One of the best times I ever had was when a recuiter got a inside line to the company I was interning at. We figured out his game because he was sequintually calling… 602.560.xxx1 then 602.560.xxx2… You could literally hear each cube’s phone ring one right after the other. Most of the cubes were empty. My boss noticed this and was so amused by it he had us interns start answering the calls using fake accents and names and had this recuiter thinking the whole company was ready to jump ship for a nothing offer.

Man each time I answered the phone he was getting more and more excited because he thought a fat payday was coming his way…

CE

PS We are seeing the low-balling in my sector too… When I tell them I can still get my old rates they think I am blowing smoke… Im not…

[CDMA ENG]

One of the best times I ever had was when a recuiter got a inside line to the company I was interning at. We figured out his game because he was sequintually calling… 602.560.xxx1 then 602.560.xxx2… You could literally hear each cube’s phone ring one right after the other. Most of the cubes were empty. My boss noticed this and was so amused by it he had us interns start answering the calls using fake accents and names and had this recuiter thinking the whole company was ready to jump ship for a nothing offer.

Man each time I answered the phone he was getting more and more excited because he thought a fat payday was coming his way…

CE

PS We are seeing the low-balling in my sector too… When I tell them I can still get my old rates they think I am blowing smoke… Im not…

[CDMA ENG]

One of the best times I ever had was when a recuiter got a inside line to the company I was interning at. We figured out his game because he was sequintually calling… 602.560.xxx1 then 602.560.xxx2… You could literally hear each cube’s phone ring one right after the other. Most of the cubes were empty. My boss noticed this and was so amused by it he had us interns start answering the calls using fake accents and names and had this recuiter thinking the whole company was ready to jump ship for a nothing offer.

Man each time I answered the phone he was getting more and more excited because he thought a fat payday was coming his way…

CE

PS We are seeing the low-balling in my sector too… When I tell them I can still get my old rates they think I am blowing smoke… Im not…

[CDMA ENG]

One of the best times I ever had was when a recuiter got a inside line to the company I was interning at. We figured out his game because he was sequintually calling… 602.560.xxx1 then 602.560.xxx2… You could literally hear each cube’s phone ring one right after the other. Most of the cubes were empty. My boss noticed this and was so amused by it he had us interns start answering the calls using fake accents and names and had this recuiter thinking the whole company was ready to jump ship for a nothing offer.

Man each time I answered the phone he was getting more and more excited because he thought a fat payday was coming his way…

CE

PS We are seeing the low-balling in my sector too… When I tell them I can still get my old rates they think I am blowing smoke… Im not…

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