Ditching Recruitment company and going direct?

[jamesbrown]

If OP is on £250 a day I wouldn't consider them to be niche

I think your consideration is, er, on the money.

[SC23]

Not really. An agents usefulness is finding a worker. In this case they have done that. They don't really provide any on going benefits to the client, beyond perhaps consolidating payments.

This is pretty much my mindset on this. They've found the worker and got paid for doing so.

I'm also wondering, is there a period of time that passes where the agent can no longer take their cut. For example, if the client signs me up for another 3 x 2 month contracts....is there a cut off point where it can no longer be justifiable to take their cut? Maybe I'm just hopeful this is the case...

[JustKeepSwimming]

This is pretty much my mindset on this. They've found the worker and got paid for doing so.

I'm also wondering, is there a period of time that passes where the agent can no longer take their cut. For example, if the client signs me up for another 3 x 2 month contracts....is there a cut off point where it can no longer be justifiable to take their cut? Maybe I'm just hopeful this is the case...

It depends what they agreed with the client. It is a Business to Business contract, reasonableness/fairness don't really apply. Both parties are deemed to be big boys and to understand what they are signing up to.

Typically yes, the agency will be continued to get a fee each month. Whether they get a bigger fee upfront or first 6 months then a maintenance fee the rest who knows. No way that agency is going to have a contractor on their books indefinitely without some kind of ongoing payment. They don't do a lot of work maintaining a contractor but there is still some.

[DrewG]

This is pretty much my mindset on this. They've found the worker and got paid for doing so.

I'm also wondering, is there a period of time that passes where the agent can no longer take their cut. For example, if the client signs me up for another 3 x 2 month contracts....is there a cut off point where it can no longer be justifiable to take their cut? Maybe I'm just hopeful this is the case...

Stop stressing. Do your time then look for another contract towards the end. If you want to stick to these guys, be a perm.