Delay in renewal contract

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If it's one of the agencies I used to work with a few years ago... they probably can't find the guy to fix the MS Exchange box again. There was nothing they could do, all emails sat in the mail queue for a week :-)

[Lance]

Um. If you want the terms of a contract changed (and assuming the other party is or will eventually agree to them) then renewal time is about the only time you can get your contract terms altered, since you are effectively engaging in a new contract.

Do you think your agent/client will be more amenable to changes in terms 3 months into a 6 month gig on an ongoing contract with terms that you initially agreed to?

What I meant was that the time to negotiate is at the beginning. Get your contract right first time.

[billybiro]

What I meant was that the time to negotiate is at the beginning. Get your contract right first time.

Indeed, it's best to get your contract correct right from the off, however, sometimes that's not always possible as sticking to your guns over certain changes you'd like to see in the contract when the agent/client won't agree might mean the difference between either accepting the inferior contract, or not having a contract at all.

Given OP's situation, where it sounds like the contract wasn't ideal initially but having now "proven" themselves the agent/client are more willing to negotiate over some changes, then renewal time is indeed the best time to get that sorted.