Contract offer withdrawn

[clearedforlanding]

I see where you going with this and you are could be ultimately right but embarrassing for CIO etc. Not a chance. Someone screwed up and he's gone. Just let HR and legal sort it. 11 days of a contractor isn't worth their time.

Fair enough forgot where I was. My assumption was (it is this way in many mainland European companies) a Programme Director as opposed to Project Manager would be n-2 & report to n-1. Sure you can fire an n-2 to take the heat, but this would come up in a n/n-1 meeting.

Director is a official title, role & function with legal implications in my territory.

[SueEllen]

I see where you going with this and you are could be ultimately right but embarrassing for CIO etc. Not a chance. Someone screwed up and he's gone. Just let HR and legal sort it. 11 days of a contractor isn't worth their time.

They will pay out then rewrite their staff handbook/contracts to make it clear that if you don't have authority for something e.g. hiring personnel then you could end up personally liable for it. More intelligent workers will then make sure they have the appropriate authorisation to do things.

Unfortunately that means they will refuse to sign things off due to fear - I had a client like that who refused to sign of milestones/deliverables in projects due to that.

[tomtomagain]

, the company can hardly be held responsible for a rogue employee

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Yes they can. Just ask the banks who took $$$M in fines due to the actions of their Libor traders.

[LondonManc]

Just skimmed through, but paid attention to the OP's comments.

No reference from PD that it's an individual or the OP's LTD CO that were engaged; that could be critical.

Question for the OP: Any idea why you were binned off? While it probably won't matter, it could be useful in establishing whether you want to take them to small claims or work for them again. If they've not given a reason, you're probably on a mysterious blacklist; unfortunately you're likely now damaged goods and forever regarded as one of PD's cronies, therefore get the claim in.

A small claims submission can't do much harm, especially if there's little chance that you'll work for them again.