asking client to give notice

[johnplayer]

Hi,

I am a limited company contractor. Last month I got a contract signed via an agency. The end client has got a partner recruitment agency which is acting as a client of my agency.

Now when I signed the contract I was under the impression that I will be parking onsite at client location. The client location is about 1 hour drive from my home. But just before joining I was told by agency that contractors have offsite parking from where shuttle comes to client main office. They told me it will not add more than 20 min. to overall journey.

Long story short it turns out that the parking and coming to client's main office has added 30-45 minute each side to my journey in peak hours.

Due to above inconvenience I have decided to end the contract. I have a 4 week notice period vs 2 week agency's notice. I have asked them to show some flexibility as this is inconvenient to me. They are not being flexible and behaving quite rudely to me.

My question is can I ask the end client to terminate my contract from their side which will eventually end the contract from my agency's client?
Do you guys see any potential issues if I ask the client to inform their partner agency to terminate my contract so that I may serve short or no notice period.

Thanks
JP

[Cirrus]

It sounds odd that you can't get any nearer than 30-45 minutes from the office. I can't imagine what's stopping you parking closer.

If there is some special reason (job's in Baghdad) then I'd just tell them I was walking. The arrangements are unacceptable. If they want me to stay then give me a parking place.

[northernladuk]

It sounds odd that you can't get any nearer than 30-45 minutes from the office. I can't imagine what's stopping you parking closer.

If there is some special reason (job's in Baghdad) then I'd just tell them I was walking. The arrangements are unacceptable. If they want me to stay then give me a parking place.

Riiiiight. Lol.

But then he'd have to leave due to him being inside IR35 as only permie get parking spots

[johnplayer]

It sounds odd that you can't get any nearer than 30-45 minutes from the office. I can't imagine what's stopping you parking closer.
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The client has a huge setup composed of several buildings and its near the exit of a motorway which is 10 mintues drive from town center. Town center is the only closest option where you can actually stop your car once you go pass the client buildings. You have to go past the client building go to town center in peak hours, park your car there wait for shuttle to take you back to client's building. Easily it adds 25-30 minutes.

Only people who can park at client site are perm. employees.

[northernladuk]

Is that 25-30 more than the 20 the agent told you or 5-10 more?

[stek]

Aren't contractors supposed to be flexible?

[northernladuk]

Aren't contractors supposed to be flexible?

Don't make me like they used to it appears. #GenerationSnowflake

Wouldn't be a client in Warrington would it? There is on there with a similar setup.

[johnplayer]

Is that 25-30 more than the 20 the agent told you or 5-10 more?

The agent had not mentioned any contractor parking setup until I specifically asked just before reporting so I was assuming 1 hour.

it varies based on a number of factors, if you say on Fridays I have managed to reach in 1:30 which is 10 more. But on serveral mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays it took me 1:45 on average which is 25 more.

1:30 is ideal if there is no traffic and I reach parking and within a couple of minutes I am on shuttle, shuttles are normally 15 min apart, worst case i have to wait 15 min if i just missed.

[johnplayer]

My question was whether there could be any potential issue if I ask client to tell agency for termination instead of me giving the notice as the client notice is 2 weeks.

I have potential options that are much closer to me but I don't want to bear the commuting pain another 4 weeks

[johnplayer]

Wouldn't be a client in Warrington would it? There is on there with a similar setup.[/QUOTE]

No not that