Useless fliping Agents

[thelace]

The Saga continues...



So now they wanna make £7/hour out of me - £250 a week? for what?

They're trying to stir things up with clientco.

I've told them they can swing for a rate cut. I've shown them the email where they've stated that my rate will stay the same through any subsequent renewals. I've told them that they're going to be in breach of their contract should they try anything further to reduce my rate. They're still threatening to pull me off site.

Clientco want me to stay, I'm happy at the minute to stay.

Just called my solicitor and will be seeing them on Tuesday....

Is there anything (other than use of 12 bore shotgun) that I can use to make these people get the hint!

[malvolio]

They can refuse to honour their promise to maintain your rate. In which case, they have voided the contract. If they pull you off site - in effect, remove your services from the client - you simply go direct. They won't be able to apply a handcuff clause since it was they who stopped the contract. So assuming the client is on-side, let the agency go ahead.

Just make sure that either the client will take you direct, or you have a tame agency they will be happy to use; at a very low markup of course.

[thelace]

They can refuse to honour their promise to maintain your rate. In which case, they have voided the contract. If they pull you off site - in effect, remove your services from the client - you simply go direct. They won't be able to apply a handcuff clause since it was they who stopped the contract. So assuming the client is on-side, let the agency go ahead.

Just make sure that either the client will take you direct, or you have a tame agency they will be happy to use; at a very low markup of course.

The client is desperate to keep me on site. Is more than happy to take me direct. Is pissed off with the agency.

The agency reckon they can pay me whatever they like, pull me off site and not pay me if they chose to do so.

They have not got a ******* clue how to run a business.

[Captain Kangaroo]

?

What was the result?

[thelace]

Just working on making the agency toast now.

My solicitor is in the process of writing them a letter advising me that they know didly squit about contract law.

The contract says £x for further renewals. I have email confirmation of that stating that the client is likely to renew and that I'll be on that rate going forward.

Agency reckon:

Ahhh, but that was before the recession...

Ahhh, but that was when we had lots more people on site, hence could take the hit...

Ahhh, but that's when the sky was blue, today it's grey (OK I made up this one )

Interestingly enough, they want to negotiate only by phone i.e. nothing in writing. Do they take me for a fool?

I'm giving them 2 choices;

They can release me from my current contract

They can continue to pay me at the agreed rate

Otherwise they will be deemed in breach of contract

[TinTrump]

Nice one!