Same Job - £8k reduction in a week ?
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I might be wrong, but last Friday an agency sent me this:
I wanted to discuss a new opportunity for a Control Systems Engineer based in Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity for a Controls Systems Engineer to be part of a growing business and taking key responsibilities to take on fresh challenges, develop your technical and interpersonal skills as well as expand your knowledge and experience through a variety of exciting projects.
To succeed as a Control Systems Engineer you'll have significant experience in one of the following mainstream PLC / SCADA systems is required. Siemens S7/300, S7/400, S5, Allen Bradley SLC500, PLC5. In addition, to this if you have Project Management skills this will hold you in good stead .
In return, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £38,000 - £48,000
and just now this has arrived:
I wanted to discuss a new opportunity for a Control Systems Engineer based in Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity for a Controls Systems Engineer to be part of a growing business and taking key responsibilities to take on fresh challenges, develop your technical and interpersonal skills as well as expand your knowledge and experience through a variety of exciting projects.
To succeed as a Control Systems Engineer you'll have experience in one of the following mainstream PLC / SCADA systems is required. Siemens s7, WinCC and TIA Portal.
In return, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £30,000 - £40,000
Whilst the wording isn't 100% identical, it looks awfully like exactly the same role to me, only £8k less in a week.
I wanted to discuss a new opportunity for a Control Systems Engineer based in Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity for a Controls Systems Engineer to be part of a growing business and taking key responsibilities to take on fresh challenges, develop your technical and interpersonal skills as well as expand your knowledge and experience through a variety of exciting projects.
To succeed as a Control Systems Engineer you'll have significant experience in one of the following mainstream PLC / SCADA systems is required. Siemens S7/300, S7/400, S5, Allen Bradley SLC500, PLC5. In addition, to this if you have Project Management skills this will hold you in good stead .
In return, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £38,000 - £48,000
and just now this has arrived:
I wanted to discuss a new opportunity for a Control Systems Engineer based in Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity for a Controls Systems Engineer to be part of a growing business and taking key responsibilities to take on fresh challenges, develop your technical and interpersonal skills as well as expand your knowledge and experience through a variety of exciting projects.
To succeed as a Control Systems Engineer you'll have experience in one of the following mainstream PLC / SCADA systems is required. Siemens s7, WinCC and TIA Portal.
In return, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £30,000 - £40,000
Whilst the wording isn't 100% identical, it looks awfully like exactly the same role to me, only £8k less in a week.
It's exactly the same skill set (software wise), apart from the project management bit on the first one.
It just made me wonder because I remember in 2008 I started getting agency emails offering more and more absurdly low salaries and/or contract rates as companies were just trying it one big time.
It just made me wonder because I remember in 2008 I started getting agency emails offering more and more absurdly low salaries and/or contract rates as companies were just trying it one big time.
I've seen the same job (Finance industry) advertised by different agencies with a £10k "spread". I've even seen jobs that I have asked to be advertised directly, being offered by Agencies with a salary £5k-£10k more than we would pay.
if they are ever challenged on this their excuse is either "well, we would negotiate more for you" or "It includes pension and other non-cash benefits" or some other excuse. The reason they do it is to attract the most Applicants, and then one of the 1st questions they'll ask is "Are you applying anywhere else"
As somebody else above said - this looks like a lazy Agent using the same job advert template for 2 different roles.
if they are ever challenged on this their excuse is either "well, we would negotiate more for you" or "It includes pension and other non-cash benefits" or some other excuse. The reason they do it is to attract the most Applicants, and then one of the 1st questions they'll ask is "Are you applying anywhere else"
As somebody else above said - this looks like a lazy Agent using the same job advert template for 2 different roles.
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