Agency changing payment dates

[boredsenseless]

Spot on tim...

The client and in this case the agent is your client (after all he's the one holding your cash) is always king.

If you don't like it you can always complain and send threatening letters, but seeing as how you generally have to give seven days from notice of impending action to actaul action being taken (to allow the forgetful company to realise their mistake and fix it) you'll find that you are now into their fourteen day period.

So go ahead and make yourself look like a tw@t if you wish but it really isn't worth it, surely you charge enough to be able to last 7 days longer for one month and then you be paid in monthly increments after that. If you're not then you really shou;d be charging more - what happens if they terminate tomorrow?

[boredsenseless]

And before the flaming starts about how we need to stand up to agents and clients pushing us into a corner let me state:

I agree that they shouldn't have chnaged the contract terms.

I just don't believe complaining will get you anywhere and therefore why waste time worrying about it. Look at other ways to mitigate this happening again.

[Mailman]

No he won't be happy that agreement couldn't be reached, but the effect here is tiny. The judge will be unhappy with both partíes, but he will be most unhappy with the person who started the action over a triviality.

And what do you base this on? Do you claim to know what the judges think these days like you seem to know what agents think

Mailman

[oldgeezer]

Please fella's let's not fall out!
There are 3 or 4 preferred agencies used by the client, they all want to keep sweet with the client so they don't lose the business as the client is a very big name company. Every 3 or 4 years the client refreshes it's preferred agency list, some get dropped and new ones to come in. All contractors from the dropped agency just get transferred to the new agency of their or the clients choice.
There are no limitations in the contractor/agency contract to prevent changing agencies.
I'm going to give my agency a last chance and just see how this 14-day pay scheme works out. I will however reserve the right to charge interest on late payment as a small incentive for them to get it right.
ciao

[oldgeezer]

I, like the majority have rolled over and succumbed to the new 14 day payment period. My first invoice was then settled on day 15, great start but not enough to start a revolution.
One other contractor did an immediate switch to one of the other preferred agencies the client uses, and another gave the agency 3 basic choices:

1. revert to the 8-day payment terms as per the contract or
2. release him from his contract as the agency are in breach of contract (easily done transfer to another preferred agency with client's approval) or
3. pay invoices every 14-days but pay late payment charges on every invoice

The outcome for that contractor is he isn't allowed to say what the agency has decided but he is happy with their decision.! (confidentiality agreement)

So the lesson I've learned here is don't let an agency bulldoze a change to the terms of a contract through, just because they decide it suits them.

[ratewhore]

Apply late payment charges on a 14 day payment term? I don't think so...

[oldgeezer]

oh dear, having problems reading? The agency have backed down!!
that's the f@@king point I'm making