Fully expect some sarcastic comment from NLUK here mind!
Anyway, left a contract last October which I had SC for.
Started a new one shortly after which needed SC. The new client then said no clearance existed for me which was strange. I had a letter from 2017 telling me my SC had been granted.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, because of all this, they terminated my contract.
Not the end of the world, got another one a week later. Yep you guessed it same problem, can't find clearance and sorry you can't start without it.
Luckily for me, they were willing to hold it open for me. In the meantime, I was in touch with Dept of BEIS (who apparently had my clearance).
They were'nt the quickest, but eventually they admitted they'd screwed up back in 2017 and even though I had clearance they hadn't logged it properly so no-one could see it on the system.
Positive news I could start my new gig. Not without 2 months of zero income while I waited for them to sort it out.
Spoke to an ex-colleague the other day (he started same time as me in previous gig and finished same time). Yep you guessed it they'd screwed his up too.
I did make an official complaint but the answer I got back was "oops sorry" pretty much which is not great.
Tempted to get legal advice because it has cost me a lot of lost income because some donut didn't do things properly. Anyone ever done anything like this?
Anyway, left a contract last October which I had SC for.
Started a new one shortly after which needed SC. The new client then said no clearance existed for me which was strange. I had a letter from 2017 telling me my SC had been granted.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, because of all this, they terminated my contract.
Not the end of the world, got another one a week later. Yep you guessed it same problem, can't find clearance and sorry you can't start without it.
Luckily for me, they were willing to hold it open for me. In the meantime, I was in touch with Dept of BEIS (who apparently had my clearance).
They were'nt the quickest, but eventually they admitted they'd screwed up back in 2017 and even though I had clearance they hadn't logged it properly so no-one could see it on the system.
Positive news I could start my new gig. Not without 2 months of zero income while I waited for them to sort it out.
Spoke to an ex-colleague the other day (he started same time as me in previous gig and finished same time). Yep you guessed it they'd screwed his up too.
I did make an official complaint but the answer I got back was "oops sorry" pretty much which is not great.
Tempted to get legal advice because it has cost me a lot of lost income because some donut didn't do things properly. Anyone ever done anything like this?
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