not turning up for a contract

[Support Monkey]

A year ago I would have agreed with everyone else that your a Cad and a Bounder who is giving us all a bad name and you should be flogged for your actions, however in the current market no one in there right mind is going to turn down 6 months over 15 days and anyone who says he would is lying.

Ok so your gonna get grief as you had already signed but while the rates are poor and contracts scarce its everyman for himself, I would not be losing sleep over it

[BrilloPad]

apologies if this has been covered before, but i could not find anything by searching.

Got offered a 15 day contract , 2 weeks before xmas, 1 week after. accepted signed and emailed the contract back.
Late friday got offered another contract 6 months, more money, team leadership, greendfield.
Accepted this, and email the first agent saying i could no longer do the 15 days. They are now threatening legal action.

Do they have a leg to stand on?
Whats the worst case they could get?

Any c# developers want 15 days in birmingham to help me out?


thanks

Just tell them someone in the family has died. Unless you are a sockpuppet.

[SueEllen]

The difference between an IT contractor and a plumber is that normally, you don't have to advertise for a plumber to do the work, then wade through a load of CVs, put some forward for interview, get the client to interview them, sort out the contract.....

I had to do something like that to get a plasterer a few years ago................

There as the plumbers I've used I've found by word of mouth.

[stillooking]

" ........Late friday got offered another contract 6 months, more money, team leadership, greendfield.

'team leadership'

[nomadd]

A year ago I would have agreed with everyone else that your a Cad and a Bounder who is giving us all a bad name and you should be flogged for your actions, however in the current market no one in there right mind is going to turn down 6 months over 15 days and anyone who says he would is lying.

Ok so your gonna get grief as you had already signed but while the rates are poor and contracts scarce its everyman for himself, I would not be losing sleep over it

+1

Totally agree. Let's face it, in the current market, everyone is out to screw contractors. Nice to see a contractor doing it the other way round for a change. I know that after the 7 months I spent on the bench this year - most of that time wasted by bullsh---ing agents and clients - I wouldn't be walking away from a 6 month'er for just two weeks worth of work. But then again, having now just started "year 21" as a contractor, I'm far from professional - unlike some of the saints on this thread who posted replies.

Nomadd

Ps. Anyone want any leaky taps fixing?

[BoredBloke]

As was mentioned before - do both. Get the 6m one put back 2 weeks.

I had a similar one a few years ago. I was offered a 4 week contract and then got offered a 6m one which eventauuly led to about 4 years work.

I called the 4w agency and explained that I had to look after my family first. Had it been a 2 week gig then I would have looked to start the longer one later

[xoggoth]

Happens often enough the other way round. Once turned up for minimum three months urgent contract along with 9 others and we were all out the door the next week. Fortunately I hadn't turned down somewhere else but some had. One bloke turned up a place I was at and told to leave, there was no work after all.

[wiggabaiters]

apologies if this has been covered before, but i could not find anything by searching.

Got offered a 15 day contract , 2 weeks before xmas, 1 week after. accepted signed and emailed the contract back.
Late friday got offered another contract 6 months, more money, team leadership, greendfield.
Accepted this, and email the first agent saying i could no longer do the 15 days. They are now threatening legal action.

Do they have a leg to stand on?
Whats the worst case they could get?

Any c# developers want 15 days in birmingham to help me out?


thanks

In retrospect you could have just told them you had swine flu.

[BoltonLad]

Except OP everyone is responding...is he/she really listening?

[gingerjedi]

A year ago I would have agreed with everyone else that your a Cad and a Bounder who is giving us all a bad name and you should be flogged for your actions, however in the current market no one in there right mind is going to turn down 6 months over 15 days and anyone who says he would is lying.

Ok so your gonna get grief as you had already signed but while the rates are poor and contracts scarce its everyman for himself, I would not be losing sleep over it

WHS^

Break a leg, tell them you have swine flu?

I'll be off like a shot at the first opportunity that arises and if that means telling a porky to negate the 1 week notice then so be it. I can't survive much longer on my current rate, in my mind it's their fault as I have asked them to match the market rates that they're paying new contractors.