The Contractor - Agency Relationship

[Denny]

Your contract is with the agency, not with the end client. The client's expectations should therefore be addressed to their supplier, i.e. the agency, and not to you. Isn't that right, Dodgy?

Bulltulip. We are what the recruiter supposedly supplies, so what affects them affects us. It's our livelihoods that are at stake after all. In truth, of course, the recruiters shouldn't be 'supplying us' at all. We're limited company contractors/freelancers with businesses in our own right, so they should be paid for what they do not what we do based on our efforts once on site. That's why their own fee should be advanced on the effort they put on finding the right contractors for the roles on offer not be paid a mark up on the contractors efforts, once on site. If that were the case, then the 'minding our own business' model might work because their mark up or finders fee wouldn't affect our own livelihoods. As it is, it doesn't.

[DodgyAgent]

Bulltulip. We are what the recruiter supposedly supplies, so what affects them affects us. It's our livelihoods that are at stake after all. In truth, of course, the recruiters shouldn't be 'supplying us' at all. We're limited company contractors/freelancers with businesses in our own right, so they should be paid for what they do not what we do based on our efforts once on site. That's why their own fee should be advanced on the effort they put on finding the right contractors for the roles on offer not be paid a mark up on the contractors efforts, once on site. If that were the case, then the 'minding our own business' model might work because their mark up or finders fee wouldn't affect our own livelihoods. As it is, it doesn't.

They should be paid whatever the client wants to pay. What is not appropriate is for some pompous little tin pot hitler wandering around telling everyone what is right and what is wrong. Are you some sort of policeman Denny or what?