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Early termination change on 1-day notice - contract breach?

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    #21
    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    The client definitely won't rehire them and the agency will avoid them.

    Haven't you got repeat work through a client?
    We'll take that a a rhetorical question.

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      #22
      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
      The client definitely won't rehire them and the agency will avoid them.

      Haven't you got repeat work through a client?
      only the dole office
      See You Next Tuesday

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        #23
        Originally posted by Lance View Post
        only the dole office
        Technically, PC is the client (and his brother-in-law, but we shouldn't talk about that too much).

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          #24
          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          The client definitely won't rehire them and the agency will avoid them.

          Haven't you got repeat work through a client?
          It works both ways though. Should a contractor go back to a client that has treated them in this way?

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            #25
            Originally posted by Abbot View Post
            It works both ways though. Should a contractor go back to a client that has treated them in this way?
            It's part of contracting. If a clients money or requirments dry up so they don't need their flexible resource it hardly makes them a bad client. If they had a policy of screwing their contractors over then maybe, but one requirement drying up, hell no.

            I most certainly would not be throwing away the chance to earn tens, if not hundreds of K just because I might get terminated on the spot. That could happen to any one of us, it's in our contracts.
            'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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              #26
              Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
              It's part of contracting. If a clients money or requirments dry up so they don't need their flexible resource it hardly makes them a bad client. If they had a policy of screwing their contractors over then maybe, but one requirement drying up, hell no.

              I most certainly would not be throwing away the chance to earn tens, if not hundreds of K just because I might get terminated on the spot. That could happen to any one of us, it's in our contracts.
              That’s fair enough. I don’t have a problem with being terminated on the spot. My issue here would really be notice being served twice. If I had the choice I would avoid this client in favour of other opportunities. But at the same time I would also have accepted the 31/12/20 termination and not bothered doing anything further other than bill for work up to that point.

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                #27
                Originally posted by Abbot View Post
                That’s fair enough. I don’t have a problem with being terminated on the spot. My issue here would really be notice being served twice. If I had the choice I would avoid this client in favour of other opportunities. But at the same time I would also have accepted the 31/12/20 termination and not bothered doing anything further other than bill for work up to that point.
                And is that so bad they'd be a bad client and you should question whether to work with them or not? Bearing in mind some of this is probably the agency as well.
                'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Abbot View Post
                  It works both ways though. Should a contractor go back to a client that has treated them in this way?
                  The problem with this argument is that, in practice there are many more contractors than clients, especially in this market.

                  A client may be absolutely terrible but you can guarantee they will have hundreds of applicants for a role.

                  Very few contractors are in a position where they have clients chasing them and multiple options. Maybe if you are the next Nick D'Aloisio it is possible.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                    And is that so bad they'd be a bad client and you should question whether to work with them or not? Bearing in mind some of this is probably the agency as well.
                    I guess it depends on how one views this situation. Yes, one could view this whole arrangement as merely being subservient to a ClientCo. And that is ok if that is how you sell your LTDCo.

                    If I became I contractor just to serve the needs of another then I could just as easily have become a perm sliding up that greasy corporate pole.
                    Last edited by Abbot; 4 January 2021, 22:24.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Abbot View Post
                      I guess it depends on how one views this situation. Yes, one could view this whole arrangement as merely being subservient to a ClientCo. And that is ok if that is how you sell your LTDCo.

                      If I became I contractor just to serve the needs of another then I could just as easily have become a perm sliding up that greasy corporate pole.
                      Except that as a contractor you deliver your services to your client. You do serve the needs of another. It's your job.

                      Jesus. What has happened to the quality of sockies nowadays?
                      'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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