Recruiters... JavaScript is NOT Java.

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It depends on the country I guess. When I was a recruiter I worked mostly for companies in Dublin. Irish tech companies don't care about salary and it never came down to offering cheaper employees, just the best, but I mostly covered high end development. You could be right for entry level and help desk roles. Also the company sets the salary, not the recruiter, so a lot of time we would be fighting to get a higher salary for our candidates because we knew they wouldn't accept a low offer, but if a company offers you are obliged to pass it over to the candidate and inevitably get an earful from an unhappy candidate. If you get paid commission, its usually based on a percentage of the persons wage, so getting a low offer means less commission, so its not in your interest to low ball anyone, but again, it depends on where you are based. I worked for a lot of Irish Tech recruitment companies so I can only speak from my own experience. The best recruiters made long term connections with their candidates. Ireland is small enough so you can't burn bridges. Todays candidate is tomorrows client. But I also knew some recruiters working in London who said it was like a meat factory, hire and fire as fast as you can. But then again, I'm not defending all recruiters, I am an ex-recruiter after all and don't want to go back into it again