Legal notice period

[LondonManc]

It's sapping my will to live and my partner is amused/outraged I'm being paid £300/day to read books and post on this forum, but a bird in the hand and all that!

Nevertheless I'll make a discreet enquiry with my umbrella because I can't make head nor tail out of what I've had passed along.

The big issue that I see is how to market this gig on your cv - what have you achieved while you were there, etc.

[seanraaron]

The big issue that I see is how to market this gig on your cv - what have you achieved while you were there, etc.

That and de-skilling are also big concerns that drive me to consider splitting...I've never been one to burn my bridges, however, even when I didn't like the job/company.

I've pitched the question at the umbrella, so I'll see what they say. I expect I'll be discouraged from doing anything to terminate early, though.

[LondonManc]

That and de-skilling are also big concerns that drive me to consider splitting...I've never been one to burn my bridges, however, even when I didn't like the job/company.

I've pitched the question at the umbrella, so I'll see what they say. I expect I'll be discouraged from doing anything to terminate early, though.

Is there anything you can do online rather than CUK?
As in, can you go on a technical forum and help answer questions - doesn't help with the cv but keeps your hand in technically

[seanraaron]

Is there anything you can do online rather than CUK?
As in, can you go on a technical forum and help answer questions - doesn't help with the cv but keeps your hand in technically

I'm actually thinking of doing some reading so I can get my Red Hat cert, but I haven't done technical reading for years so I'm procrastinating on that. There's so many tech forums out there I wouldn't know where to start, but if you can recommend a good one I might give it a go. This place has given me more than a few laughs which is why I keep coming back.

[northernladuk]

I'm actually thinking of doing some reading so I can get my Red Hat cert, but I haven't done technical reading for years so I'm procrastinating on that. There's so many tech forums out there I wouldn't know where to start, but if you can recommend a good one I might give it a go. This place has given me more than a few laughs which is why I keep coming back.

So that's what we are doing wrong....

[seanraaron]

So that's what we are doing wrong....

I keep searching the B/C board for newbie posts, just for the LOLs!

[seanraaron]

Well here's the response from the umbrella:

"I can confirm that currently your notice period is set to 28 days. However should you be looking to leave earlier than this, you may want to negotiate this directly with the end client."

Now, I don't have a relationship direct with the end client, so politically I'm not sure how this works. I'm engaged by the agency and their client is a managed services company that has the relationship with the end client. I don't want to burn bridges with anyone so the order of communicating if I want to take the exit would be what, end client, agency and leave agency to talk to their client? The managed services company has their own on-site person who I cc holiday plans to after I've cleared it with end client.

Such a mess...

[northernladuk]

It works because they are the one with the work that needs doing. If they can hand over early you can leave early. The contract can still be in effect but you are just doing no work = no time sheet = no pay do effective early termination.

[LondonManc]

Well here's the response from the umbrella:

"I can confirm that currently your notice period is set to 28 days. However should you be looking to leave earlier than this, you may want to negotiate this directly with the end client."

Now, I don't have a relationship direct with the end client, so politically I'm not sure how this works. I'm engaged by the agency and their client is a managed services company that has the relationship with the end client. I don't want to burn bridges with anyone so the order of communicating if I want to take the exit would be what, end client, agency and leave agency to talk to their client? The managed services company has their own on-site person who I cc holiday plans to after I've cleared it with end client.

Such a mess...

I'd talk to the managed service company first, assuming that they're the ones who initially approached the agency to fill the vacancy. Their issue will be that you're probably being charged out at a far greater rate than you're on and they're potentially going to lose a significant margin (if you're on £300/day, say, then agent will be getting £30-50/day and msc will be charging you out at well over £600).

[seanraaron]

I'd talk to the managed service company first, assuming that they're the ones who initially approached the agency to fill the vacancy. Their issue will be that you're probably being charged out at a far greater rate than you're on and they're potentially going to lose a significant margin (if you're on £300/day, say, then agent will be getting £30-50/day and msc will be charging you out at well over £600).

Not a bad idea; they may have something more appropriate as well. I'll hang out my shingle first and then see what happens before broaching the topic.