I wouldn't sign a contract with that clause, no ands, ifs or buts!!!
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Great feedback, I am impressed with the verbal/email progress report idea so a big thanks for that and the other comments expressed. Actually, I should ask for a 1 week probation as I can absorb the hit and leave early if I believed all is not well and the feedback from existing contractors was negative.
Normally I would have walked out if it had been a (me too) agent with a nobody client, however in this case it involves a large blue chip insurance client and an established agency looking for a few extra resources to catch up on a roll-out project which slipped schedule hence the short duration, and 2 weeks is about a quarter of the assignment if it lasts and this annoyed me a little.
The rate offered is at the top end of the scale. and the contract may lead to other higher level work with the client and the agency, and this is a consideration too.
One thing I forgot to mention is that I will not be working for the client directly but via an outsourced business engaged for this specific project, and they said they had a contractual agreement with the end client to provide resources on these terms.
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If you're on the bench with no other possibilities then you don't have anything to lose. Would 2 weeks work be useful to them? In most cases it wouldn't be unless it really is a small piece of work like updating a spreadsheet. I would say that this is most likely them covering themselves after a bad experience with a contractor. A company that would defraud contractors wouldn't really get very far.I'm alright JackComment
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Only you know your situation and how much you need the work and how risk averse you are, so only you can make a decision.
I don't believe that for a moment. It stinks like a crock of tulip.One thing I forgot to mention is that I will not be working for the client directly but via an outsourced business engaged for this specific project, and they said they had a contractual agreement with the end client to provide resources on these terms.Comment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
They did say that only once they had to get rid of a contractor because he was not skilled as per his CV. I would have been much happier if they asked for a technical test but I guess they don't have the time. I am now benched so I suppose I have nothing to lose especially as my skill set is more than a match for the role, it is just that I never heard of this request before.Comment
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Around 2000 Goldmine Sucks started doing one week interviews where you would work for a week. But you would be paid whatever.
Going unpaid sounds like a reach around to me.Comment
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Trust an agent?Originally posted by JamJarST View Post
Nooo
But I am getting mental and restless being benched and that is a real pain in the neck for me as I have never been out of work for the last 25 years and it is like being a zombie. Work would be a holiday for me at the moment.Last edited by BS1397; 3 October 2012, 09:21.Comment
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Absolutely if you're on the bench you have nothing to lose. Go for it.
All the advice on turning it down assumes you're in demand.I'm alright JackComment
Don't walk, run.
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