Is this agency having me on.....

[northernladuk]

Perhaps he's not one of those types that'll sign anything put in front of them without question, for the money. How often are people berated for not having read their contract, or not having it reviewed, or agreeing to terms they don't understand?

Indeed but it's now their jobs to understand how they work and understand what the need to sign. No fluffy HR anymore.

[BrilloPad]

Didn't someone post recently that they were not allowed to invoice 8.8 days so walked out on principle?

If you have principles be a permie. If you want the money, be a contractor.

Just do what they ask. Be nice.

I am sure your accountant will agree.

[BrilloPad]

Indeed but it's now their jobs to understand how they work and understand what the need to sign. No fluffy HR anymore.

HR have never been fluffy since they changed their name from personnel.

Bar Stewards every one.

[northernladuk]

HR have never been fluffy since they changed their name from personnel.

Bar Stewards every one.

Well yeah. That's a good point. I'm probably going of experience from 10 years ago where they didn't appear to be next to useless ..

Sod it.. Who am I trying to kid. Bar stewards.. All of 'em.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

HR have never been fluffy, especially in IB, since they changed their name from personnel and outsourced themselves to <insert large agency name here>.

Bar Stewards every one.

[quackhandle]

Dougie, do the call. If it is a waste of time, you chalk it up to experience. If you secure another gig, with a different client - provided you get that far - and they ask for the same thing you can decline. However YMMV.

Good luck. Don't forget to post what snacks the vending machine has and if there's any decent totty on your floor.

qh

[TestMangler]

Didn't someone post recently that they were not allowed to invoice 8.8 days so walked out on principle?

If you have principles be a permie. If you want the money, be a contractor.

Just do what they ask. Be nice.

I am sure your accountant will agree.

What a dumbass thing to say. believe it or not Brillo, some of us don't have massive tax debts or divorces to pay for, so if a client tries to take the piss, we tell 'em to piss off, on principle.

Being a contractor does not mean you have to take it up the arse to keep the money coming in. In fact, it means the exact opposite. If you choose to allow a client to tulip on you, that's your business, so is refusing to accept it.

[northernladuk]

Being a contractor does not mean you have to take it up the arse to keep the money coming in. In fact, it means the exact opposite. If you choose to allow a client to tulip on you, that's your business, so is refusing to accept it.

Where as that is correct it does take a long time for many contractors to reach this level and be able to apply this type of thinking. It's like the evolution. Start off being a permie with a different pay structure, every penny counts, holidays are expensive, start fretting towards the end of a gig, bench time is evil until one gig end and suddenly your while perspective changes where you can turn down gigs, look forward bench time and so on.

Depends where you are in the cycle.

[TestMangler]

Where as that is correct it does take a long time for many contractors to reach this level and be able to apply this type of thinking. It's like the evolution. Start off being a permie with a different pay structure, every penny counts, holidays are expensive, start fretting towards the end of a gig, bench time is evil until one gig end and suddenly your while perspective changes where you can turn down gigs, look forward bench time and so on.

Depends where you are in the cycle.

True

Thankfully, I've cycled past the finish line, but having said that, I applied the 'don't **** me around' principle from a very early point in my contracting life.

[northernladuk]

True

Thankfully, I've cycled past the finish line, but having said that, I applied the 'don't **** me around' principle from a very early point in my contracting life.

Having met you I don't doubt that for one minute lol...