Giving Notice - Agent or Client

[russell]

If invoking notice, I assume its done to the Agent?, I assume this because all extensions and contract terminations have always come to me from agent, never directly from client. Also if I want to leave earlier than the 4 weeks and they refuse can I just throw a sickie for 2 weeks, I get paid weekly so what can they do? (This is a small client and I will never want work here again).

[SimonMac]

Can you not just tell the "manager" as in most McDonals when you are on the fries its not that far to the little office where they sit?

EDIT: tulip just notice what forum this is in, I would say agent as that's who your contract is with, but would also give the client a heads up too

[cojak]

<cough>

Speak to the client first to inform them, then straight onto the agent.

[russell]

Can you not just tell the "manager" as in most McDonals when you are on the fries its not that far to the little office where they sit?

EDIT: tulip just notice what forum this is in, I would say agent as that's who your contract is with, but would also give the client a heads up too

Mods! Someone let the gimp loose in the Professional forums, can you put SimonMac back in General?

[eek]

<cough>

Speak to the client first to inform them, then straight onto the agent.

WCS but the order is your choice. Make sure both people know create a solution that gets you out the door quickly and purpose that to the client

[BrilloPad]

Also if I want to leave earlier than the 4 weeks and they refuse can I just throw a sickie for 2 weeks, I get paid weekly so what can they do? (This is a small client and I will never want work here again).

They cannot do anything - but word has this habit of getting round. IMO never burn your bridges unless you absolutely have to.

[russell]

They cannot do anything - but word has this habit of getting round. IMO never burn your bridges unless you absolutely have to.

I would rather work alongside SimonMac collecting trollies (although I would want paid) in Lidl than work here again, so the burning bridges thing is not applicable here.

[northernladuk]

Mods! Someone let the gimp loose in the Professional forums, can you put SimonMac back in General?

Says the guy who has no idea who his contract is with and is asking advice on how to screw his client over. You are not cut out for the professional forums.

[Scrag Meister]

I suppose contractually you are only obliged to inform the agent who then deals with their client, but it would be polite to give your clientco the heads up too.

[russell]

Says the guy who has no idea who his contract is with and is asking advice on how to screw his client over. You are not cut out for the professional forums.

Eh? I know who my contract is with, I was asking what it is the normal practice. Also how am I screwing my client over, because I want to leave early, you obviously haven't been contracting for very long if you think clients always stick to what is says in the contract.

If I ran my business according to your advice I would be a sucker, I'm afraid in the real world you have to make decisions that other people might not like in the interest of the business.

If anything you are not cut out for the professional forums, you are rude, arrogant and assume you are the font of all knowledge when it's clear you are just regurgitating tired cliches others have said.