Anyone with Computer People?
I been offered a contract by this lot, but, I got a gut feeling that all is not well.
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Well when you have some facts or interesting comments/debate please feel free to open a new thread. This one started well over 2 years ago and was resurrected once so hardly uptodate and correct now.Originally posted by en184 View Post'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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Which is why I've cut it (2 years is a long time and it's not even the same company in the title).
Why do you think there are issues?"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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It's Computer People. Of course there are issues...Originally posted by cojak View Post
Poor contracts, non-negotiating agents, you have to deal with people who don't have authority to make decisions, the online time sheet system can't cope with VAT expenses, their margins are stupidly high and they sell you as their resource.
But apart from that...Blog? What blog...?
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Where as I don't normally spend too much time defending agents this seems a little sweeping for a large company and is a little general. Sounds more like grumpy moan than useful feedback IMO.Originally posted by malvolio View PostIt's Computer People. Of course there are issues...
Poor contracts, non-negotiating agents, you have to deal with people who don't have authority to make decisions, the online time sheet system can't cope with VAT expenses, their margins are stupidly high and they sell you as their resource.
But apart from that...
The only experience I have with this is a colleague at my last gig that is with them and has recommended them a few times to me. Got another in the same office things they are a pile of poo.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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CP, like all the big corporate agencies, while very professional have good and bad offices. Like all the big agencies they have zero respect for the contractors they supply and little understanding of why we ask for things. I can live with that.Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
However they are the only agency where I've had to turn work down due to the quality of their contracts and the terms they try to impose. I've also worked through them more than once, perfectly happily, with the exception of the points I listed above. I also lost three good people when the client threw them off the PSL (I was told the main reason being the quality of CV they were submitting was consistently poor) and CP wouldn't novate their contracts across to anyone else.
So a moan perhaps, but an informed one.
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I've just signed up with these guys at a big financial in the NW. So far I have found them hard to get hold of, never return calls, have have to be vetted through two systems which takes 40 minutes each to complete, dozens of emails asking me to print off and sign forms, had to approve my contract online with no signature, 445 week invoicing
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
However it's 4/4/5 week cycling - another indication that they don't care how you run your business, they'll run yours their way. Irritating if you run your business on calendar months or even wekly invoicing.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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I hated dealing with Ajilon when I contracted through them, as they were the same people.Originally posted by malvolio View Post
However it's 4/4/5 week cycling - another indication that they don't care how you run your business, they'll run yours their way. Irritating if you run your business on calendar months or even wekly invoicing.
I now see that Ajilon are now Badenoch and Clarke, though....Comment
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