Client is a twat

[decode]

I was offered a contract extension a couple of weeks ago and turned it down as just couldn't stand the thought of working for another three months at this place. The client is so pissed off with me leaving that they are refusing to see any other candidates from the agency I got the gig through. What a petty bunch of *******!
The thing that really pisses me off is that I have gotten most of my contracts through this agency and have had a good relationship with them which could be damaged by this.

[rootsnall]

I was offered a contract extension a couple of weeks ago and turned it down as just couldn't stand the thought of working for another three months at this place. The client is so pissed off with me leaving that they are refusing to see any other candidates from the agency I got the gig through. What a petty bunch of *******!
The thing that really pisses me off is that I have gotten most of my contracts through this agency and have had a good relationship with them which could be damaged by this.

C'est la vie ! One possible downside is when it comes to references. I turned down an extension giving what I thought was a good excuse and the client manager seemed OK with it. However to my surprise he took revenge when it came to a reference a year or so later. I knew the agent and he showed me the reference, it wasn't terrible but a few sly remarks were put in there. I got round it by swapping the referee and luckily it didn't cost me really but beware.

[scriptfromscratch]

oh dear, seems like you're in quite the pickle.

which agency?

[decode]

C'est la vie ! One possible downside is when it comes to references. I turned down an extension giving what I thought was a good excuse and the client manager seemed OK with it. However to my surprise he took revenge when it came to a reference a year or so later. I knew the agent and he showed me the reference, it wasn't terrible but a few sly remarks were put in there. I got round it by swapping the referee and luckily it didn't cost me really but beware.

Yeah, I had already decided I wouldn't be using this guy as a future reference. He is such a petty, vindictive snivelling tulip that it wouldn't be worth it. Exactly why I am leaving!

[BoredBloke]

Who were the client - any clues?

[Lucy]

Re references, I would say x (client) doesn't give references, as is true for many firms these days. Fear of reprise etc.

[decode]

The best thing about getting out of this place will be not having to see this guy rips bits of paper from his pad and spit into them. Does this about five times a day! Fecking disgusting..

[cojak]

C'est la vie ! One possible downside is when it comes to references. I turned down an extension giving what I thought was a good excuse and the client manager seemed OK with it. However to my surprise he took revenge when it came to a reference a year or so later. I knew the agent and he showed me the reference, it wasn't terrible but a few sly remarks were put in there. I got round it by swapping the referee and luckily it didn't cost me really but beware.

This behaviour by clients is beginning to p1ss me off. You do not need to give excuses at the end of the contract. You obviously have a valid business reason for not renewing. Snivelling excuses are only required when you cut and run before the contract finishes.

It is as unprofessional for a client to 'take revenge' for a correctly ending contract as it is for a contractor to bunk off early.

Remember this peeps and don't feel guilty or be bullied into staying when you don't want to.

And don't be pressured by the agency when this happens, either...

[cojak]

It does however show that supply and demand appears to be in your favour for a change - if you can stand staying there you are in a position of power and can demand a rate increase!

[senditback]

I can top this a friend of mine has just had his contract terminated after 7 working days, despite working flat out for all 7 + 4 weekend days.

The consultancy he was working for claimed his work wasn't good enough and he missed a deliverable. However the work load he was given was ridiculous, over 500 pages of documentation.

Being terminated is not the problem though as he is well rid of them. However the bunch of Kn@b heads are refusing to pay the agency he has gone through for the work he did. The agency have paid him which is fine but what a bunch of tw@ts they are. The agency are going legal.

Has anyone ever heard of a client blatantly exploiting someone then getting rid as soon as the work has been done?