Zac_A:
A good agency? It’s a bit like asking where there’s “a good casino”, they’ll both take your money and leave you sad and depressed
A good casino or agency - is all about them doing what it says on a tin.
I like a bet. If I go into a betting shop, try and put £10 on a horse, and they tell me I can only have a fiver - I’ll not go back there again.
If they let me bet what I want, and pay out promptly when my picks happen to come up - Then that is a good betting office.
“No Restrictions” that would make you more likely to miss your next winner than not…
“Offers” that reel the customers in - are often not extended to “regulars” of course.
Don’t ever accept offers from anyone that requires you to be “flat out” - as rest assured, the work will drop dead on that last week you needed to qualify for that big “pie-in-the-sky” bonus.
This applies EVERYWHERE.
The Devil is always in the detail with regards to “Reel 'em in deals”.
Agencies - are no different.
No point even getting £99ph for your work if you cannot ever get any - is there?
No point seeing £85k pa earnings if that’s based on 15 hour bank holiday night shifts all year around - is there?
No point seeing rates over £20ph if you’ve got to go via umbrella, hardly ever get any of it, and it includes rolled up holiday pay - is there?