I got done over with this. When I was leaving a job (for geographical reasons) I found a friend, convinced him to apply for my job, and then organised the inte

I got done over with this. When I was leaving a job (for geographical reasons) I found a friend, convinced him to apply for my job, and then organised the interview, etc. They gave him the job pretty much on the spot. When I asked for my referral fee, they refused on the basis that I was a 'contract employee'. Nobody of course mentioned this when I was busy organising the interviews. I found out later that the agent who was busy trying to place the job leaned on the HR people to make sure I didn't get the money, because he didn't want to lose out. Yes, I occasionally went to the pub with the HR people also. Well I did him in, I instructed my incoming friend that the agent wasn't to be trusted and so my friend never put another job through him again. The guy probably lost 50k in commission over the next year or two, all because he didn't want someone to get 2k of someone elses money. Why so many employment agents have to act dishonestly and sneakily, I'll never know. It's as though they think they can control every conversation that happens within the company.