The Agency Strikes Back

[MyUserName]

Okay, so to summarise:

1 This might not be the agency being petty and might be an actual business powered request.
2 Either way, do not descend to the agent's level of pettiness.
3 Keep the client out of all of it as much as possible and negiotiate for a suitable rate at the relevant time.

Did I miss anything?

[northernladuk]

That just about covers it for me except maybe...

4 Invoice on baby!

[BlasterBates]

The agency are almost certainly not being petty. Being petty costs valuable time and resources.

The deadlines are required for their admin to process your invoices.

An agency doesn't have a "personality" trying to get at you....it's a bunch of people with different activities, like the agent who negotiates your rate, then there's the admin that chase the client and then the accountants.

Wondering whether they like is like you wondering whether the cleaning staff in the office like you because they bang the bin down. they're just trying to get their job done in the most efficient manner.

Sure you stick your rate up they're motivated to knock it down, but that's business.

There is absolutely no point in taking it personally.