Contract Termination - Client no longer requires, for any reason, Company Services

[Sausage Surprise]

It sucks. Particuarly when you have moved country and just paid 3 months flat deposit in advance. As others have said, move on. Good luck in your search.

Oops....I did 6 months once....big lesson learned.

[TonyF]

Yes these words are stated in contract & has been applied but effectively makes any contract/terms irrelevant if applied.

If those are the words in the contract, then that is a term that has been applied.

You could ask the client for an indication why they want shot of you so quickly, or you could leave it - maybe one would be better than the other for your peace of mind.

Leave quietly and start looking for something else to do. Look on the bright side, at least it's getting brighter and warmer these days so you can go for a walk rather than mope about how unfair this has been.

[Antman]

It's a rock solid IR35 defence for this client. Could be worth some bonus points in looking like a proper business overall in an investigation.

[Win]

Hi

I've been terminated without notice (one week as per terms) by Agency via very large client with the following feeble excuse :-

"The Client no longer requires, for any reason, the Company Services."

Yes these words are stated in contract & has been applied but effectively makes any contract/terms irrelevant if applied. I have not been given any verbal or written reasons why.

Thanks...

It happened to me as well ( 2 weeks notice as per contract with 3 months still left and after 3.5 year at the same client), on a Friday morning when I was going in to work. There was no one available on Friday to discuss this, so I spent the whole weekend agonising if this was due to something I did or they came to find my porn stash or something...
Anyway had a discussion with line manager on Monday and was advised that I was the lucky one along with couple of others who had to go due to budget reduction dictated from way above.

[jmo21]

Hi

I've been terminated without notice (one week as per terms) by Agency via very large client with the following feeble excuse :-

"The Client no longer requires, for any reason, the Company Services."

Yes these words are stated in contract & has been applied but effectively makes any contract/terms irrelevant if applied. I have not been given any verbal or written reasons why.

Thanks...

And?

Why do you think it is a "feeble excuse"? They have been quite explicit that they no longer require your services. It's not an excuse, they just haven't told you the specific reason they no longer need your services.

Might be budget, project descoped, project being canned, they might have a permie resource now available.

It doesn't actually matter. Would you be happy if they made up something?

How does it help you?
Or maybe the real reason is they didn't think you were good enough? They don't owe it to you to tell you that by the way. They don't owe you anything (except outstanding invoices).

Is it annoying? Well, that I can understand.

Getting all bent out of shape about it? Nope.

Move on.

[quackhandle]

All you noobies and lurkers, please read and try and understand this thread before you decide to "gonna give that contracting thing a go"

qh

[churchillsnip]

And?

Why do you think it is a "feeble excuse"? They have been quite explicit that they no longer require your services. It's not an excuse, they just haven't told you the specific reason they no longer need your services.

Might be budget, project descoped, project being canned, they might have a permie resource now available.

It doesn't actually matter. Would you be happy if they made up something?

How does it help you?
Or maybe the real reason is they didn't think you were good enough? They don't owe it to you to tell you that by the way. They don't owe you anything (except outstanding invoices).

Is it annoying? Well, that I can understand.

Getting all bent out of shape about it? Nope.

Move on.

I get this, and I don't disagree.

OP didn't say if he was new to contracting, or has been at it a while, though I'm guessing from the post that they are relatively new. Having the benefit of a few years contracting experience, and the war-chest to go with it would give a very relaxed attitude to being canned, though I imagine if you haven't got that, then it could be quite stressful.

But I'm with you, I wouldn't get bent out of shape about it, though I have the 6m+ warchest etc.

[BR14]

All you noobies and lurkers, please read and try and understand this thread before you decide to "gonna give that contracting thing a go"

qh

Right oh, thanks for the heads up

[churchillsnip]

All you noobies and lurkers, please read and try and understand this thread before you decide to "gonna give that contracting thing a go"

qh

I have never met anyone that regretted trying to get into contracting.

[clearedforlanding]

I have never met anyone that regretted trying to get into contracting.

Um me? With my school peers hitting CxOs of investment banks & FTSE companies I very much regret it in retrospect. I had an absolute blast from 93-00 but since the PWD was introduced....

A conversation with a techy who used to sit next to me over for dinner last week who quit his employer after 14 months because he had maxed out his accelerator at GBP 1M in 2017 to be snapped up by a rival who did not cap was a solid dose of reality. (Longest sentence ever but can't be arsed to grammer)

Did I regret in in my 20s & 30s - oh no. This is probably a passing phase. I haven't done office politics in 2 decades. Contracting after 40 in the current market is a different concept however. Luckily I just mortgaged my soul for some cars so I can go bankrupt and contract for Yodel.