applying for perm role,contract experience count against you???

[jmo21]

Usually (always?) the agent only gets their fee if the employee stays past the 6 month mark (or some other time period).

I imagine this is the actual reason.

The agent is being a It's not up to him to judge you - that's for the employer to decide.

Is he being a or trying to protect his payment and relationship with client co?

They may well have been burned by this in the past, I don't see any issue with an agent being concerned about this. The fact they have told him and not just rejected out of hand with no explanation is actually positive.