Hi all,
I am new to the forum and will appreciate your advice on this my ordeal with a rogue agency (which I will not name out of respect):
1. They recruited me for a role, only to get to work on my first day (to my greatest shock and surprise) to be told the role they were assigning me was different from the one I had been discussing with the agency through out the interview, assessment, vetting etc.
2. When I objected, the client told me that the agency was fully aware and that if there was anything to discuss, I should do that with the agency and not them the client.
3. I contacted the agency immediately and they tried claiming that someone had called me shortly before the start date to inform me of the change. (which of course was a fat lie).
4. When I kicked off and reminded them of all the conversations we had, and that at no point had anyone ever told me of the change of role, they then said, I should carry on with the initial training and that they will talk with the client to see if I could be moved to the actual role they had recruited me for.
They said this could happen within a month or so. I finished the training and started passing time on the new role hoping that I will be moved to my actual role. Having spent two months on the role and not seeing any sign of being move to the actual role, I decided to tender in my resignation with immediate effect.
So effectively I left the role without working the 20 days notice that I would have worked under normal circumstances.
Worth noting here is that, when I had expressed my strong disappointment, the agency told me if I were not happy with the suggestion to carry on for a month or so, I could resign. This was like a slap on my face, giving that I had just resigned from the my previous job and worked a full notice period just for this new job. To be told I could resigned if I was not happy was like a slap in my face.
To cut the story short, I eventually submitted my resignation and left the job without working the notice period stated in my contract, which the end client is certainly not happy.
My question is who actually breached the contract here? Is it me or the agency that recruited for a specific role and then ended up assigning me a different role without my knowledge? What are my options should they want to refuse paying me for the time worked so far?
Thank you all in advance for you advice.
I am new to the forum and will appreciate your advice on this my ordeal with a rogue agency (which I will not name out of respect):
1. They recruited me for a role, only to get to work on my first day (to my greatest shock and surprise) to be told the role they were assigning me was different from the one I had been discussing with the agency through out the interview, assessment, vetting etc.
2. When I objected, the client told me that the agency was fully aware and that if there was anything to discuss, I should do that with the agency and not them the client.
3. I contacted the agency immediately and they tried claiming that someone had called me shortly before the start date to inform me of the change. (which of course was a fat lie).
4. When I kicked off and reminded them of all the conversations we had, and that at no point had anyone ever told me of the change of role, they then said, I should carry on with the initial training and that they will talk with the client to see if I could be moved to the actual role they had recruited me for.
They said this could happen within a month or so. I finished the training and started passing time on the new role hoping that I will be moved to my actual role. Having spent two months on the role and not seeing any sign of being move to the actual role, I decided to tender in my resignation with immediate effect.
So effectively I left the role without working the 20 days notice that I would have worked under normal circumstances.
Worth noting here is that, when I had expressed my strong disappointment, the agency told me if I were not happy with the suggestion to carry on for a month or so, I could resign. This was like a slap on my face, giving that I had just resigned from the my previous job and worked a full notice period just for this new job. To be told I could resigned if I was not happy was like a slap in my face.
To cut the story short, I eventually submitted my resignation and left the job without working the notice period stated in my contract, which the end client is certainly not happy.
My question is who actually breached the contract here? Is it me or the agency that recruited for a specific role and then ended up assigning me a different role without my knowledge? What are my options should they want to refuse paying me for the time worked so far?
Thank you all in advance for you advice.
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