Leaving mid-contract - thoughts

[LucidDementia]

Keep in mind that you may never get work through that agency again.
In my experience rec. agents get rather pissed off when you don't complete the full contract
and they maintain a black list with your name in it.
Vindictive lot these agents.

Funny, in my experience the vast majority of agents would drag their ball-sack over 3 miles of broken glass on the off chance of being able to sniff my fart through a tube if they were guaranteed their 12%

[northernladuk]

11 weeks! wow. I'd be starting to threaten non attendance at this point.

And deffo keep quiet about leaving or you might get more problems trying to get this sorted.

NLUK - silly buggers?

PC - You didn't know all this was going down when you made your comment.

[psychocandy]

Keep in mind that you may for the next week until they forget about it get work through that agency again.
In my experience rec. agents get rather pissed off when you don't complete the full contract until they see more £ signs
and they do not maintain a black list with your name in it and let other agencies submit you to the client and lose out on money
greedy lot these agents.

FTFY

[psychocandy]

PC - You didn't know all this was going down when you made your comment.

OP did say early on there was a delay with timesheets.

[psychocandy]

Funny, in my experience the vast majority of agents would drag their ball-sack over 3 miles of broken glass on the off chance of being able to sniff my fart through a tube if they were guaranteed their 12%

even if you'd spit roast they're mother and sister in a foursome in their bed previously (and shat in the bed as well)....

[MrMarkyMark]

even if you'd spit roast they're mother and sister in a foursome in their bed previously (and shat in the bed as well)....

Speaking from experience, I presume.

[northernladuk]

Gonna be interesting once T&S rules kick in. I have a horrible feeling a lot of 'contractors' are going to be taking any gig to get of the bench and dumping them when a gig comes up closer to home so it's going to get a whole lot worse.

[LondonManc]

Gonna be interesting once T&S rules kick in. I have a horrible feeling a lot of 'contractors' are going to be taking any gig to get of the bench and dumping them when a gig comes up closer to home so it's going to get a whole lot worse.

Possibly although it may depend on personal versus gig location.

I can't see me ditching a lucrative London gig for one back in Manchester just because it's 20-30 minutes from home. It's more about continuity for me.

[northernladuk]

Possibly although it may depend on personal versus gig location.

I can't see me ditching a lucrative London gig for one back in Manchester just because it's 20-30 minutes from home. It's more about continuity for me.

I've started a thread on it in the Future of Contracting forum but assuming rates are kinda of similar for the two the London gig will cost you a lot more with the T&S rules in so it ceases to become a lucrative gig compare to the local one.

[MrMarkyMark]

I've started a thread on it in the Future of Contracting forum but assuming rates are kinda of similar for the two the London gig will cost you a lot more with the T&S rules in so it ceases to become a lucrative gig compare to the local one.

The problem is the rates are massively different.

£350 PD in Manchester is good, less can be the norm.

Up to £650 PD, in London, is achievable.

Obviously, IB pay more generally.