Hi All,
Just a newbie - but love the site.
Here is a summary of my situation.
About 5 years ago, I got a call from a recruitment agent who had a copy of my CV.(I have never met him spoken to him before)
An interview was set up with a clientCo for the role of Financial controller on a rate of some £32 / hour . Nothing else was mentioned but I seem to remember that a month or so later a terms and conditions pack arrived.
For the next 2 yearss I didn't have any contact with the recruitment company apart from the obvious telephone calls when they didn't pay me correctly.
After this 2 year period, clientCo wanted me to go perm - I didn't and they found a perm replacement. I then managed to convince them that I could do more of a systems role, which they agreed. I negotiated directly with the client and then told the agency what I had done and that I was setting up a limited company for them to pay me through. The new rate I had agreed with clientCo was £400 per day.
The recruitment agent then charged the clientCo £465 / day. I was a bit annoyed by this seeing as I had done all the work, negotiation etc, and expressed this to someone in the recruitment agency who agreed that they would lower their margin to (from memory) 10% giving me an extra £20 per day.
I didn't receive any paperwork / contract for this new role or rate.
2 years on (ie after approx 4 1/2 years) I have again negotiated myself a new rate (£470 / day) ...and the agent informed after this has been concluded ....but this time the agent says that they are reverting to their old margin and are charging clientco £530 per day.
Now I am slightly hacked off by this - what can I do. My boss has mentioned that he is happy to back me to go on as a direct contractor for £530 per day. HR (some VERY incompetent people technically) seem to think that they can't break the contract with the recruitment company.
Who is right and how do I get to leave this agency ? My feeling is that they have made over £55,000 off me ...for 1 phone call in the beginning.I got the new position and the new rates myself and I don't seem to have a contract (!?)
Help and views appreciated
Just a newbie - but love the site.
Here is a summary of my situation.
About 5 years ago, I got a call from a recruitment agent who had a copy of my CV.(I have never met him spoken to him before)
An interview was set up with a clientCo for the role of Financial controller on a rate of some £32 / hour . Nothing else was mentioned but I seem to remember that a month or so later a terms and conditions pack arrived.
For the next 2 yearss I didn't have any contact with the recruitment company apart from the obvious telephone calls when they didn't pay me correctly.
After this 2 year period, clientCo wanted me to go perm - I didn't and they found a perm replacement. I then managed to convince them that I could do more of a systems role, which they agreed. I negotiated directly with the client and then told the agency what I had done and that I was setting up a limited company for them to pay me through. The new rate I had agreed with clientCo was £400 per day.
The recruitment agent then charged the clientCo £465 / day. I was a bit annoyed by this seeing as I had done all the work, negotiation etc, and expressed this to someone in the recruitment agency who agreed that they would lower their margin to (from memory) 10% giving me an extra £20 per day.
I didn't receive any paperwork / contract for this new role or rate.
2 years on (ie after approx 4 1/2 years) I have again negotiated myself a new rate (£470 / day) ...and the agent informed after this has been concluded ....but this time the agent says that they are reverting to their old margin and are charging clientco £530 per day.
Now I am slightly hacked off by this - what can I do. My boss has mentioned that he is happy to back me to go on as a direct contractor for £530 per day. HR (some VERY incompetent people technically) seem to think that they can't break the contract with the recruitment company.
Who is right and how do I get to leave this agency ? My feeling is that they have made over £55,000 off me ...for 1 phone call in the beginning.I got the new position and the new rates myself and I don't seem to have a contract (!?)
Help and views appreciated
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