The same agency sent a pilot tech to me earlier this year (two actually). They initially offered the guy $480 a day but he accepted $500.
I know we paid the agency our going rate of $850. The guys were actually useless but I wouldn't expect them to be very good if they will work for that money. We pay $850 a day to secure good solid, experienced professionals and to have our choices limited by this kind of robbery is IMHO disgusting.
I'm afraid this agency has done themselves no favours by their actions.
I remember when agencies for ROV personnel were rare and there were only a handful. They asked their client what day-rate they could pay and charged the client 15% per day on top (not the ROV guy) if it was a long term engagement then this percentage could be reduced. I worked freelance for many years like this and found it to be a fair and acceptable arrangement. It could well be that todays "recruiters" are commission based rather than being paid a decent flat salary which of course is not to our industries advantage in the slightest.
Sorry to see ROVworld is going south. It has been a great platform for sharing and solving technical issues in the past but I do agree it's become more and more swamped with questions on how to get into the industry usually by people who can't be $#sed to either find out by themselves or go knock on the doors you have to knock on if you want it that much.![Rolling Eyes]()
I know we paid the agency our going rate of $850. The guys were actually useless but I wouldn't expect them to be very good if they will work for that money. We pay $850 a day to secure good solid, experienced professionals and to have our choices limited by this kind of robbery is IMHO disgusting.
I'm afraid this agency has done themselves no favours by their actions.
I remember when agencies for ROV personnel were rare and there were only a handful. They asked their client what day-rate they could pay and charged the client 15% per day on top (not the ROV guy) if it was a long term engagement then this percentage could be reduced. I worked freelance for many years like this and found it to be a fair and acceptable arrangement. It could well be that todays "recruiters" are commission based rather than being paid a decent flat salary which of course is not to our industries advantage in the slightest.
Sorry to see ROVworld is going south. It has been a great platform for sharing and solving technical issues in the past but I do agree it's become more and more swamped with questions on how to get into the industry usually by people who can't be $#sed to either find out by themselves or go knock on the doors you have to knock on if you want it that much.
