1 months Notice on a 3 Months Contract....

[chris101]

I have been contracting for the past 5 years and have had over 6 different contracts which all had 1 weeks notice to leave, if required.

I have just been offered a 3 month contract with a 1 months notice!
The start date is Monday however I also have an interview for a perm role this afternoon which is a role that I am far more interested in.
I know that with the perm role it is a 1 stage interview and they are interviewing for 2 weeks and then will make a decision.

Is there a way I can get the agency to change the notice period to 1 week?
They also have 1 month pay role and again I have always been used to 1 week...

[SueEllen]

Have you asked them?

[chris101]

Have you asked them?

I have via email last night but thought I would ask the question prior to their response so I am prepared...

[northernladuk]

Did you ask them or tell them? You reasons for asking are kind of the reason they will say no.

You have been lucky with the payroll then. 1 month is very common. I don't expect they will budge on that at all. As long as the agency isn't going to go under it's not an unreasonable timescale.

[Contreras]

My contracts are typically 1-week notice. 1-month is definitely not the norm (for me).

The last contract came through stating 4 weeks notice. I said change it to 1 week. Agent: oh but client has asked for 2 weeks. Me: well do that then!

Later on renewal it appeared that client standard terms were in fact 1 week.

Seemed to me a blatant attempt by the agent to protect their own revenue stream.

[chris101]

The agency (She is the owner and only employee of her own business) is trying to protect her self, I guess.
The client is a big media company and I have been told that most people there are on the same contract, so I guess I can utilise my first weeks notice period (1 weeks notice) if things do not go according to plan...

or I could refuse to accept anything other than a 1 week notice period and 1 month pay roll...

[psychocandy]

They are going to wonder why you want one week notice.

Only ever got that in once. Agent and client knew the rate was beyond crap - but the clients hands were tied. It was NHS.

I agreed to do short-term with one week notice. They knew the score. Ended up staying full 3 months in the end. Nice place to work but that rate.....