Oh yes, with a special mention to the UK recruiters working on the German market. Had one trying to convince me for one full hour to accept a salary of 48-50k to relocate to Munich, where rent for me and my family would have been more than half my monthly salary.

I still remember his best two lines: 1. I placed a guy from your country at the same company and he had a salary of 35k and three kids and a dog and he did very well for himself!

2. look, the company is offering fruits every week as a benefit to employees. If you eat fruit, you can save up to 50 EUR per week!

I did end up in the job, after the HR from the company tried a second round of negotiations and were were much more flexible (more salary, bigger relocation bonus). Unfortunately, there were bigger problems there, so I had to quit after about 2 months, which meant, probably, no bonus for them. Also, we would got like 30EUR worth of fruit for 20 people every week

This goes for Australia, considering most tech recruiters in Australia are from the UK for some reason.

Indeed. I let the recruiter negotiate salary on my behalf as he guaranteed at least 50k which I considered my minimum to move to London. I went through the interview process because of that.

They didn’t budge from 45. What a waste of my time and theirs.

And unfortunately they tend to migrate to Australia. I swear half the recruiters in this country are from the UK.

Completely agree. I've contracted in London for 3 years. London recruiters are the sleaziest assholes I’ve ever met, it’s like Wolf of Wallstreet.