Can I negotiate my new wage with the temp agency Im hired through?
A few places I worked who had a lot of temps from my agency had deals worked out where after the temp had been there N days, they no longer had to pay the agency’s hiring commission, or the commission was reduced. If the place you’re working gets a lot of temps from your agency or is very serious about wanting to hire you, you may want to see if they can negotiate the commission down.
Also: such agencies do not do a lot of work with their larger clients. The temp agency that put me into a ‘six-week’ job (turned into 13 months) had a rotating stable of temps at Big Publishing Firm, and the work they did amounted to reediting résumés and shipping fools like me over to B.P.Firm. After the initial hiring/screening process, the agency was making money off their temps hand over fist; the costs of screening temps for who^H^H^Hhiring scaled most advantageously for the firm.
My experience in working for an agency in Australia is that they do have room to move in a situation like this. My agency took around 20% on top of my hourly rate and then added on GST and Suparannuation to that. Therefore, if I was on $100/hr, they would add $20/hr for themselves and $9 an hour for mandatory 9% Super in Aus. That totalled $129/h then, they would add 10% for GST (actually, I’m not sure they get to add GST to Super but, these are ballpark figures) That way the client was billed at $141.90 per hour total. In this case you could reverse engineer the number and come up with a compromise as 14/35 is a 40% commission which is way out of order… As other commenters have said, they do almost no work for the money and, why should you have to put up with them taking such a huge chunk of the money YOU are earning. I have always negotiated with temp agencies both in Australia and in the UK and, as long as you come at them with hard facts and figures and are realistic about how mu
Yes, you most certainly can. Confidently explain to your recruiter that you are no longer in an administrative position, and provide details on your current responsibilities. Explain that because you have advanced at the company, you would like to negotiate for a higher rate. Wait for their offer, explain that because you were expecting more like xxx amount (always over-estimate) and ask if they have a second offer. Repeat until you get what you want, or close to it. Seconding that the agency will charge the company a premium to hire direct. (Here in the US, I was hired for a flat $6000 – twice.) One company paid it up front, and the other hired me for three months. Apparently, after those three months, the agency had included approximately half of the fee in their markup – you may want to consider this as a possibility. Talk with your superiors (if you can) about a position directly with the company. Again, only if you think this is possible without negative repercussions. Also, pagin
