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

[Old Greg]

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.

[Lance]

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

[Old Greg]

only the dole office

Technically, PC is the client (and his brother-in-law, but we shouldn't talk about that too much).

[Abbot]

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?

[northernladuk]

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.

[Abbot]

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.

[northernladuk]

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.

[hungry_hog]

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.

[Abbot]

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.

[northernladuk]

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?